May the Rivers and Seas Flow Upward
As the second work of young director Ran Yinxiao, "May the Rivers and Seas Flow Upward" is set in Chongqing and tells a different kind of family story between three people who are not related by blood.The film has a time span of nearly a century and records the life trajectories of two generations and two families.
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- Drama · Craft · Humour
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As the second work of young director Ran Yinxiao, "May the Rivers and Seas Flow Upward" is set in Chongqing and tells a different kind of family story between three people who are not related by blood. The film has a time span of nearly a century and records the life trajectories of two generations and two families.
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- Release date
- Jul 13, 2020
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
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- Language
- Mandarin
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