Daughter of the River

Daughter of the River

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Release Date

3/8/2027

Runtime

101 mins

Overview

This is a documentary closely tied to the life experience of internationally renowned writer Hong Ying. Adapted from her autobiography *Daughter of the River*, it draws on her true story. Through the irreproducible life stories of three generations of women, it revisits the memories of Chongqing, the city on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and further reflects on mother-daughter bonds, human emotions and the tangled fates people have faced over nearly a century.

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Budget

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A intimate three-generation family portrait woven through the layered history of Chongqing, moving between personal memory and the city's evolving landscape. The film traces mother-daughter bonds across nearly a century with a meditative attention to what persists and what is lost.

Mood

WistfulMelancholicContemplativeMournful

Themes

FamilyMemoryIdentityMigration

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Documentary-likeNaturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

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