''River Road'' () is a 2014 Chinese film written and directed by
Li Ruijun and starring Tang Long and Guo Songtao. It made its world premiere at the 27th
Tokyo International Film Festival
The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. According to the FIAPF, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals and the second largest film festival in Asia behind the ...
, in 2014.
Synopsis
While their parents graze their sheep far from the town, Adikeer stays at a boarding school in town and his older brother, Bartel, lives with their grandfather, a sheep herder from the Buddhist
Yugur
The Yugurs, Yughurs, Yugu (; Western Yugur: ''Sarığ yoğır''; Eastern Yugur: ''Shera yogor''), traditionally known as Yellow Uyghurs, are a Turkic- Mongolic ethnic group and one of China's 56 officially recognized ethnic groups, consist ...
ethnic minority. When their father fails to pick them up for summer break and their grandfather dies suddenly, the two brothers embark on a journey with their camels across the vast, dry expanse of western China alone, in search of their father, by following the path of a dried-up river bed.
Cast
* Tang Long as Adikeer
* Guo Songtao as Bartel
* Bai Wenxin as Grandfather
* Guo Jianmin as Father
* Ma Xingchun as Monk
Awards and nominations
Reception
With no big stars and a little-known director, ''River Road'' was largely overlooked at the box office, even though domestic film critics like Wei Junzi highly recommended it on
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on the day of its premiere.
References
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2014 films
Chinese drama films
Films directed by Li Ruijun
2010s Mandarin-language films