The River (He liu)
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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: i
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Release date: 7 August 1997
UPC: 720917534725
UPC: 720917534725
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"Directed by: Ming-liang Tsai In Taiwan a young man with a mysterious paralysis massages his neck with his motherโs dildo, meanwhile the rain is flooding the island."
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