May the Rivers and Seas Flow Upward

Jul 13, 2020

1h 10m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Family

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Cast

Li Jianghai

Zhang Xin

Adult Li Qi

Yuan Mingyang

Wang Yu

Cheng Chuanyu

Li Jinghai's Mother

Su Lina

Li Jinghai's Father

Zhang Honghe

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