''Crosscurrent'' () is a 2016 Chinese

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directed by Yang Chao. It was selected to compete for the

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at the

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. At Berlin Mark Lee Ping-Bing won the

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for Cinematography.Berlinale. Archiv. Prize winners 2016
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Cast

Qin Hao Qin Hao (Chinese name: ) is a Chinese actor. He is known for starring in the 2009 film '' Spring Fever'', and for his roles in suspense crime dramas '' Burning Ice'' (2017)'', The Bad Kids'' (2020) and '' The Long Season'' (2023). Early life ...

Xin Zhilei Xin Zhilei () is a Chinese actress. She is known for her roles in films ''Crosscurrent'' and '' Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield'', and in TV series ''Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace'' (2018), '' Joy of Life'' (2019) and '' Blos ...

Wu Lipeng Wu may refer to: Places * Wu (region) (), a region roughly corresponding to the territory of Wuyue ** Wu Chinese (), a subgroup of Chinese languages now spoken in the Wu region ** Wuyue culture (), a regional Chinese culture in the Wu region *Wu ...

Wang Hongwei Wang Hongwei (; born in Anyang, Henan) is a Chinese actor. Wang is perhaps best known for his work with director Jia Zhangke. The two men were classmates at the Beijing Film Academy when they began their professional relationship, with Wang star ...

* Jiang Hualin

Plot

Captain Gao Chun (

) continues to go ashore to find an affair during the time he pilots a cargo ship along the Yangtze River. But he gradually discovers that the women he meets at different docks seems to be the same person-Anlu (

). Just as the voyage goes up, Anlu is gentle and sometimes crazy, but she is getting younger and younger. Gao Chun falls in love with Anlu, stops the boat to meet her, and gradually finds that the location of Anlu is related to a handwritten poem of an unknown author. However, after the ship passes the Three Gorges, Anlu no longer appears. Gao Chun frantically searches for Anlu, and finds the secret of Anlu in the poetry and route maps. There is a change on the ship, but he still desperately drives the cargo ship alone and continues to trace the Yangtze River until he reaches the source of the snowy mountain. Finally, he finds the origin of Anlu and the secret of the Yangtze River.

Reception

Maggie Lee of ''

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'' called the film a "gorgeously shot meditation on the Yangtze River

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all but drowns in pretentious symbolism and philosophical musings." Deborah Young of ''

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'' said of the film: "Beautiful romanticism in search of a narrative shore." Lee Marshall of ''

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'' called the film "a meandering, sluggish tale that offers moments of great beauty but ultimately feels like a ragbag, take-your-pick bundle of poetic and spiritual suggestions inspired by China’s great Yangtze River."

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crosscurrent 2016 films 2016 drama films Chinese drama films 2010s Mandarin-language films Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution