Rent Only the River Flows (2023)
3.5 of 5 from 54 ratings
1h 41min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Dedicated police detective Ma Zhe (Zhu Yilong) is assigned the case of a series of horrific murders in a rural Chinese town. As the investigation progresses, pressure from his superiors to find the suspected serial killer mounts, leading to a hasty arrest. But while his colleagues rush to celebrate, several clues push Ma Zhe deeper into a desperate investigation of his own - leading him into a dark world where mystery hangs over his every lead. A gripping crime thriller, 'Only the River Flows' will take you on a journey into one man's obsession with finding the truth whatever it takes.
- Actors:
- Yilong Zhu, Meihuizi Zeng, Hou Tianlai, Tong Linkai, Chu Bu Hua Jie, Han Chen, Jun Huang, Miyi Huang, Chunlei Kang, Baisha Liu, Zhuyi Long, Kira Wang, Hexiang Yan, Cao Yang, Qi Zeng, Qingyun Zhou, You Zhou, Moxi Zishi
- Directors:
- Wei Shujun
- Producers:
- Xufeng Huang, Xinying Li, Han Mei, Caitao Wang
- Writers:
- Yu Hua, Chunlei Kang, Wei Shujun
- Aka:
- He bian de cuo wu
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- China
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/12/2024
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- Mandarin DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Mandarin LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of Only the River Flows
Cryptic mystery - Only the River Flows review by AER
Similar to Burning (which starred Steven Yeun), Only The River Flows is a broken jigsaw puzzle that presents a conventional story for viewers but then ends up delivering something entirely unexpected. The film is high on visual clues and atmosphere, and it's not important to solve the murder as there is something bigger at play. The opening quote by Albert Camus carries the clues. Superb. One of the best of 2024 for me.
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Ponderously paced and seemingly shot on an old cine camera - Only the River Flows review by RB
This ‘film’ is more like an in-house work film by a particularly tedious employee. The first ten minutes was concerned with a police meeting and for reasons never explained, moving their office into an abandoned cinema, you know, as they always do. This was the cue to film desks being moved, boxes opened and another ten minutes of tedium as the police just generally looked round, all filmed on a camera that must have been salvaged from a skip and recorded on surplus communist nineteen forties film. During yet another section of filming anything nearby that seemed interesting ( a building site-perhaps the camera man was five) I turned it off. Haven’t the Chinese ever seen a film before? Maybe books on film structure and plotting are banned? Audio and recording equipment certainly seem to have been.
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