As the River Goes By

As the River Goes By

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Release Date

9/23/2026

Runtime

99 mins

Overview

An aftershock caused by an earthquake twelve years ago made a time-space connection between the young Xiao Li and his childhood. At a class reunion many years later, Xiao Li met Song Qian, a girl who had a crush on him. The secret of his father's disappearance and the memory of an accident caused by a game of hide-and-seek were gradually evoked. In the flowing river, Xiao Li gradually approached the truth in his heart and resisted the oblivion from the present.

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Budget

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Revenue

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A haunting meditation on how the past refuses to stay buried, where time itself becomes a character pulling a man back through decades to confront what he's forgotten. The film unfolds like a fever dream, braiding childhood trauma with present-day reckoning in a way that feels both intimate and impossible.

Mood

MelancholicWistfulContemplativeBittersweet

Themes

MemoryGriefIdentityComing of age

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyNaturalistic

Structure

Nonlinear

Heads up

Child endangerment

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