The River

In Taiwan, Xiao-kang, a young man in his early 20s, lives with his parents in near silence. He is plagued by severe neck pain. His father is bedeviled by water first leaking into his bedroom and then flooding the apartment; rain is incessant. Xiao-kang's mother is overcome by sexual longing for her son, sometimes making seemingly incestuous overtures. They try virtually every intervention for Xiao-kang's neck: Western medicine, a chiropractor, acupuncture, an herbal doctor, and a faith healer, Master Liu. Are the family's silent dynamics and Xiao-kang's neck pain connected? And what about the body floating in the Tamsui River: is everything dead?

Year

1997

Movie time

115 min

Directed by

Ming-liang Tsai

Cast

Tien Miao, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-Ching Lu

7.2/10

IMDB

73%

Rotten Tomatoes

55/100

Metacritic

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