Crosscurrent (film)
{{short description|2016 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Crosscurrent
| image = Crosscurrent (film) poster.jpeg
| caption = Poster
| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none
| c = 长江图}}
| director = Yang Chao
| producer = Wang Yu
Yang Jing
Ha Bo{{cite web |url= http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/crosscurrent-berlin-review/5100461.article|title= 'Crosscurrent': Berlin Review|first= Lee |last= Marshall|date= 15 February 2016|accessdate= 25 February 2016|work= Screen Daily}}
| writer = Yang Chao
| starring = Qin Hao
| music = An Wei{{cite web |url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/crosscurrent-chang-jiang-tu-berlin-865320|title= 'Crosscurrent' ('Chang Jiang Tu'): Berlin Review|first= Deborah |last= Young|date= 15 February 2016|accessdate= 25 February 2016|work= The Hollywood Reporter}}
| cinematography = Mark Lee Ping-Bing
| editing = Yang Mingming
Kong Jinlei
| production_companies = Trend Cultural Investment Co.
Ray Production
Just Show Production Beijing
Shandong Jiabo Culture Development Co.
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2016|2|15|Berlin|df=yes}}
| runtime = 116 minutes
| country = China
| language = Mandarin
}}
Crosscurrent ({{zh|Chang Jiang Tu}}) is a 2016 Chinese drama film directed by Yang Chao.{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.php?film_id=201614160#tab=video25 |title=Crosscurrent |accessdate=13 February 2016 |work=Berlinale}} It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_31508.html |title=Jan 20, 2016: Berlinale Competition Complete |accessdate=21 January 2016 |work=Berlinale |archive-date=23 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123064548/http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_31508.html |url-status=dead }} At Berlin Mark Lee Ping-Bing won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for Cinematography.[https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2016/03_preistraeger_2016/03_preistraeger_2016.html Berlinale. Archiv. Prize winners 2016]. Retrieved 27 January 2019
Cast
Plot
Captain Gao Chun (Qin Hao) continues to go ashore to find an affair during the time he pilots a cargo ship along the Yangtze River. But he gradually discovers that the women he meets at different docks seems to be the same person-Anlu (Xin Zhilei). Just as the voyage goes up, Anlu is gentle and sometimes crazy, but she is getting younger and younger. Gao Chun falls in love with Anlu, stops the boat to meet her, and gradually finds that the location of Anlu is related to a handwritten poem of an unknown author. However, after the ship passes the Three Gorges, Anlu no longer appears. Gao Chun frantically searches for Anlu, and finds the secret of Anlu in the poetry and route maps. There is a change on the ship, but he still desperately drives the cargo ship alone and continues to trace the Yangtze River until he reaches the source of the snowy mountain. Finally, he finds the origin of Anlu and the secret of the Yangtze River.{{Cite web|url=https://movie.douban.com/subject/7062596/|title=长江图 (豆瓣)|website=movie.douban.com|access-date=14 September 2019}}
Reception
Maggie Lee of Variety called the film a "gorgeously shot meditation on the Yangtze River [that] all but drowns in pretentious symbolism and philosophical musings."{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/crosscurrent-review-berlin-film-festival-1201706921/|title= Berlin Film Review: Crosscurrent|first= Maggie|last= Lee|date=17 February 2016|accessdate=25 February 2016|work= Variety}} Deborah Young of The Hollywood Reporter said of the film: "Beautiful romanticism in search of a narrative shore." Lee Marshall of Screen Daily called the film "a meandering, sluggish tale that offers moments of great beauty but ultimately feels like a ragbag, take-your-pick bundle of poetic and spiritual suggestions inspired by China’s great Yangtze River."
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|5470448|Crosscurrent}}
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