The River (He liu) (1997)

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Directed by

Ming-liang Tsai

Starring

Tien Miao
Father

Kang-sheng Lee
Hsiao-Kang

Yi-Ching Lu
Mother

Ann Hui
Director

Shiang-chyi Chen
Girl

Chao-jung Chen
Anonymous Man

Kuei-Mei Yang
Girl in Hotel

Written by

Ming-liang Tsai

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Description: 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 ... (more)

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Tags: Taiwan (5), 1997 (3), Drama (2), 1990s (2), China (1), Pain (1), Coming Of Age (1), Father Son Relationship (1), Mother Son Relationship (1), Asia (1), Isolation (1), Alienation (1), East Asia (1), (1), '90 (1), Gay Aspect (1)

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"Directed by: Ming-liang Tsai In Taiwan a young man with a mysterious paralysis massages his neck with his mother’s dildo, meanwhile the rain is flooding the island."

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