He liu
By: a film by Tsai Ming-Liang
Contributors: Xu, Anhua, actor; Tian, Miao, actor; Lu, Yijing (Actress), actor; Chen, Xiangqi (Actress); Chang, Long, actor; Chen, Zhaorong, 1968- actor; Yang, Biying, screenwriter; Cai, Yijun, screenwriter; Liao, Benrong, cinematographer; Zhong yang dian ying shi ye gu fen you xian gong si; Wellspring Media
Edition: Fullscreen.
Publisher: Wellspring Media
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: chi
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9780794202828
Subjects: Drama; Environmental health; Ecology; Environmental conditions; Pollution
Other titles: River
Work titles: He liu (Motion picture)
Description: "A mother, father and son live together in a small apartment in Taipei, but lead very separate lives. The son, Xiao-kang, drifts through life without a job; the mother is an elevator operator having an affair with a man who pirates pornographic movies; and the father pursues illicit pleasures in the city's gay saunas and is on a mission to stop the leaking water from the apartment upstairs."--Container.
Notes: This DVD-R may not be compatible with all standard DVD players.

Special features: Filmographies of Tsai Ming Liang, Chen Chao Jung, Lee Kang Sheng, Miao Tien, Chen Shiang Chyi [text feature] ; collection of Mandarin film trailers (The flowers of Shangai -- The river -- What time is it there? -- Yi Yi) ; DVD-ROM special features (requires computer with DVD-ROM drive and internet access): Tsai Ming Ling @ Film Reference -- Notes on 'The river' on Sensesofcinema.com -- World Socialist Web Site Interview with Tsai Ming Laing.

Cinematography, Lao Pen Jung ; art direction, Lee Pao Lin ; editors, Chen Sheng Chang, Lei Chen Ching.

Miao Tien, Lee Kang Sheng, Lu Hsao Ling, Ann Hui, Chen Shiang Chyi, Chen Chao Jung, Chang Long, Yang Kuei Mei.

Not rated.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997.

DVD-R ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 2.0.

Mandarin with optional English subtitles.

Winner, Silver Berlin Bear, Special Jury Prize (Ming-liang Tsai), 1997 Berlin International Film Festival ; Winner, Silver Hugo, Special Jury Prize (Ming-liang Tsai), 1997 Chicago International Film Festival ; Winner, Channel 4 Director's Award - Special Mention (Ming-liang Tsai), 1997 Edinburgh International Film Festival.