The River (1997 film)

The River Chinese Mandarin name He liu is a 1997 Taiwanese film directed by Tsai Mingliang and starring Lee Kangsheng, Miao Tien, and Lu Yiching. The plot centers on a family who has to deal with the sons neck pain. In 2003, a critic called it Tsais bleakest film.

After the scene is completed, he and his friend get a room in a hotel so HsiaoKang can take a shower. The two then have sexual intercourse. HsiaoKang drives home on his motorcycle and begins to feel some soreness in his neck. He eventually falls off the bike, and a man, later shown to be his father Miao Tien, tries to help him up, but HsiaoKang ignores him and drives the rest of the way back.By that night, his neck pain is even worse. He goes to his mother Lu Yiching, and she rubs some lotion on him. However, the pain does not go away. The family tries different methods of healing, including acupuncture, but nothing works, and HsiaoKang begins to wish he were dead. Meanwhile, it is apparent that the family is fractured, with communication problems. HsiaoKangs father regularly visits a bathhouse and has sexual encounters with other men. The mother is having an affair with a pornographer. ........

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