The River
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tsai Ming-liang
Lu Hsiao-ling
Chao-jung Chen
Ann Hui
Chen Shiang-chyi
Lee Kang-sheng
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Xiao-Kang, a young man who lives a dismal life with his parents in their small Taipei apartment, develops a terrible pain in his neck which no doctor, nor cure can seem to relieve. His mother is having an affair with a man who pirates pornographic videotapes, while his father is pursuing a solitary quest for pleasure in the city's gay bathhouses. Somehow, Xiao-Kang's pain seems to reflect the problems of each of his parents, and the solutions to each seem connected also, in a way that is not rationally explicable.
Director
Tsai Ming-liang
Cast
Lu Hsiao-ling
Chao-jung Chen
Ann Hui
Chen Shiang-chyi
Lee Kang-sheng
Chang Long
Yang Kuei-mei
Miao Tien
Crew
Marie Chao
Lei Cheng-ching
Yang Ching-an
Zenia Chou
Helen Dei
Chung Hu-ping
Lin Hui-chin
Tony Lan
Hsu Li-kong
Wang Ming-tai
Kuo Mu-shan
Cheng Nien-chiu
Lee Pao-lin
Chen Pei-chun
Liao Pen-jung
Yang Pi-ying
Chang San-ling
Wang Sheng
Chen Sheng-chang
Lin Shih-yuan
Wang Shing-fang
Jean Yeh
Wang Yu
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Silver Bear award for Best Film at the 1997 Berlin International Film Festival.
Winner of the Silver Hugo at the 1997 Chicago International Film Festival.
Released in United States July 27, 2001
Released in United States Summer July 27, 2001
Shown at Arctic Film Festival in Tromo, Oslo January 21-25, 1998.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 13-24, 1997.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 9-19, 1997.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (in competition) August 1O-24, 1997.
Shown at Filmfest DC in Washington, DC April 22 - May 3, 1998.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 28 -
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (Cinema Prism) November 1-10, 1997.
Awarded special mention at the 1997 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Film had its US premiere at the 1998 DC Filmfest.
Shown in Los Angeles (James Bridges Theater) as part of program "Electric Shadows '97: A Pan-Asian Film Festival" August 1997.
35mm
color
dialogue Mandarin Chinese
10350 feet
subtitled English
rtg MPAA NONE
February 8, 1998.
Released in United States July 27, 2001 (Cinema Village; New York City)
Released in United States Summer July 27, 2001
