River of Salvation
一江春水
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2019
China
123 mins
Chinese
World Premiere
Feature Film Competition
| Qisheng Gao | |
| Yi Long | |
| Kangli Zhu (Xiaodong), Yanxi Li (Rong) |
Rong, living in a small town in the south of China, is a pedicure therapist who has never gotten married. She has a brother named Xiaodong , who is 14 years younger. Xiaodong is almost 18 years old, instead of working he plays video games all day long, but after going through a series of things he finally becomes independent. And Seeing this, Rong returned to her hometown in the northeast of China, and went to the police station, confessing that she killed a person 19 years ago. However,the following development of the matter is going to be out of Rong’s expectation.
About the Director
Gao Qisheng was born in 1972 in China and graduated from Beijing Normal University. He is China’s new generation film director and screenwriter, three-times winner of the Best Screenplay in Xia Yan Cup Film Literary Screenplay Contest by National Radio and Television Administration. He likes to publicize himself, but also is low-key and pragmatic when he works. He is good at delineating average individuals’ spiritual world and life with delicate emotion and graceful conception.
Reviews
Celebrating the Human Spirit with “River of Salvation” – Nefeli Soteriou, Winter Film Awards
Film Review: River of Salvation (2019) by Gao Qisheng – JAMES CANSDALE-COOK, Asian Movie Pulse
