Rotten Water
Returning to my long-left hometown for my father's surgery, I wait with my pregnant sister in heavy silence.As time stretches, buried scars resurface.Set in a small town in southern China, the film meditates on memory, family, and the quiet ache of unspoken emotions.
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Returning to my long-left hometown for my father's surgery, I wait with my pregnant sister in heavy silence. As time stretches, buried scars resurface. Set in a small town in southern China, the film meditates on memory, family, and the quiet ache of unspoken emotions.
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- Release date
- Apr 17, 2026
- Runtime
- 0h 15m
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- Language
- Mandarin
- Country
- China, United States of America
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