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As The River Goes By

  • China | 2024 | Mandarin
  • Original Title: 水東游
  • Director: Charles Hu
  • Screenplay: Charles Hu
  • DoP: Hark XU
  • Editor: Carlo Francisco Manatad
  • Cast: Dylan Xiong, Eva Zhao, Haosen Zheng, Mason Zhang
  • Premiere: India Premiere
  • Tags: Social Impact

Festivals :

Busan International Film Festival 2024


Synopsis :

Xiaoli is a train driver fed up with his tedious job. One afternoon, an earthquake, which is an aftershock from another earthquake 12 years ago, suddenly strikes the town. After the earthquake, Xiao Li begins to develop symptoms from an unknown illness. Ghosts of the past resurface, stirring up long-buried secrets of his father's disappearance and memories of a tragic game of hide-and-seek by the river.


Directors Bio :

Charles Hu studied cinema at the Communication University of Zhejiang from 2015 to 2019. His works often focus on themes of loneliness and exile. His first feature film was River Straying (2019).


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