Crosscurrent
长江图
A Berlinale Silver Bear winner from master cinematographer Mark Lee Ping-Bing (In the Mood for Love, The Assassin), this mysterious, sublime and elegiac odyssey blends breathtaking images of the river that has nurtured Chinese civilization with fantasy, poetry and history to create a complex universe. From the spinning Shanghai metropolis to snow-capped Tibet mountains, Gao Chun steers a cargo up the Yangtze and comes across a reversely aging woman named An Lu at every port recorded in a poetry book. He wonders whether she is supernatural or he is traveling back in time. After passing a pagoda that reverberates Buddha’s voice, a flooded town reappeared elsewhere and the grandiose Three Gorges Dam, he finally arrives at the start of the river and unveils the secret of his past and An Lu.
“A daring mix of realism and lyrical fantasy... Rarely has China’s explosive economic growth been captured with such grace and with such a heavy heart.”
Official Selection
AFT Fest
Chicago International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Winner
Silver Bear, Berlin International Film Festival
Best Cinematography, Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards
Best Sound, Asian Film Awards
“Strongly affecting landscapes that seem to leap out of Chinese paintings.”
“A brilliant, elegiac film..Leaves audience breathless.”
Screenings
11/04/2016 Toronto, Canada Cineplex Cinemas Markham and VIP
11/04/2016 Toronto, Canada York University
11/04/2016 Toronto, Canada Toronto Public Library
10/28/2016 New York, NY Regal E-Walk
10/27/2016 New York, NY Columbia University
10/24, 26/2016 Chicago, IL Chicago International Film Festival
10/3/2016, 10/11/2016 Vancouver, Canada Vancouver International Film Festival
9/21/2016 Halifax, Canada Atlantic Film Festival
9/16/2016 Montreal, Québec, Canada, Canada China International Film Festival
8/1-4/2019, Albuquerque, NM The Guild Cinema
7/17, 22/2018 Maine, MA Maine International Film Festival
6/2/2018 Ann Arbor, MI Cinetopia
10/7/2017 Toronto, Canada Innis Town Hall
11/18/2016 Los Angeles, CA Regal Edwards University Town Center, Alhambra
11/16/2016 Washington D.C. Landmark E Street Cinema
11/13/2016, 11/15/2016 Los Angeles, CA AFI Fest
11/11/2016 San Francisco, CA Four Star Theatre
11/08/2016 Seattle, WA Regal Meridian
11/07/2016 Vancouver, Canada University of British Columbia
11/05/2016 Vancouver, Canada Cineplex Silvercity Riverport Cinemas
