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  • 2016
  • PG
  • GEM Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2016
  • PG
  • GEM Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m

Summary From the Shanghai metropolis to the snow-capped Tibet mountain, Gao Chun steers his cargo up the Yangtze, a river that has nurtured a centuries-old civilization. He comes across An Lu, a beautiful woman who appears in a different identity at every port recorded by a poetry book. Longing for her company, he realizes she gradually turns yo...

Directed By: Chao Yang

Written By: Chao Yang

  • 2016
  • PG
  • GEM Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2016
  • PG
  • GEM Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m

Crosscurrent

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary From the Shanghai metropolis to the snow-capped Tibet mountain, Gao Chun steers his cargo up the Yangtze, a river that has nurtured a centuries-old civilization. He comes across An Lu, a beautiful woman who appears in a different identity at every port recorded by a poetry book. Longing for her company, he realizes she gradually turns yo...

Directed By: Chao Yang

Written By: Chao Yang

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
49
29% Positive
2 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
14% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 7 Critic Reviews
49
29% Positive
2 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
14% Negative
1 Review

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80
Oct 24, 2016
Rarely has China's explosive economic growth been captured with such grace and with such a heavy heart.
By Patrick Gamble FULL REVIEW
67
Nov 16, 2016
As a visual love-letter to the Yangtze River, Crosscurrent takes your breath away. As a narrative film, it’s all washed up.
By Chris Evangelista FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 27, 2016
Cramming fantasy and mysticism, faith and history into a single riverboat journey, this dirgelike meditation on China’s painful economic rebirth dispenses with narrative in favor of semiotics.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 24, 2016
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.
By Lee Marshall FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 24, 2016
It’s all about metaphor and mood, while the storytelling is so lightweight it might not exist. Without it, this drunken boat sailing on poetry can't hold interest for its entire two hour running time.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
42
Nov 3, 2016
Crosscurrent represents quite a remarkable blunder considering how much effort and noble aspirations go to waste because its maker forgot to tell a good story first.
By Zhuo-Ning Su FULL REVIEW
30
Oct 24, 2016
Plotless, pretentiously literary and lousy at explaining geography, the movie fails to put Yang’s vision into a fictional framework that’s even remotely engaging.
By Maggie Lee FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Beijing New Century Media Co., Central Studio of New Reels, Eracme Cultural & Media Co., Hua Wen Movie Group, Just Show Production Beijing, Les Petites Lumieres, Ray Productions Co., Trend Cultural Investment Co., Zhong Guang Pictures
Release Date Oct 28, 2016
Duration 1 h 56 m
Rating PG
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Website http://cyoukou-ainouta.jp/
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Awards

Beijing Student Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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