River

Tsai Ming-liang
Li Kangsheng, Miao Tian, Lu Yijing, Chen Zhaorong, Chen Xiangqi, Hsu Anhua
1997
Taiwan, China
Completed
Mandarin Chinese
115 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as河流,is aTaiwan, ChinaProducerwomen sex,At1997Released in year
。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese,Current Douban rating7.8(For reference only)。
After working as a temporary actor, Xiao Kang (Li Kangsheng) suffers from a strange illness causing a crooked neck, and his father (Miao Tian) takes him to seek medical help everywhere. His father, although having a wife and children, is a homosexual who is infatuated with the bodies of young boys; his family has long since ceased to exist in any meaningful way, and he has lost the ability (or believes he has no responsibility) to bear responsibility. However, with Xiao Kang, he unconsciously plays the traditional role of a "father," but only as a derelict one. Xiao Kang is a young homosexual, yet he is unclear about the kind of comfort he expects to gain from same-sex relationships. The disconnect between his parents not only causes him to lose confidence in heterosexual relationships, but he also blindly believes that same-sex relationships are merely transient attractions and unions of two bodies. Meanwhile, his mother (Lu Xiaolin), who is neglected both by her husband (a contemporary man) and her son (a younger man), can only silently endure the dual Hunger and loneliness of both body and spirit.