Nai River 奈河
Chinese title (trad.):
奈河
Chinese title (simpl.):
奈河
Russian title:
Река Най
Release year:
2013
Country:
China
Running time:
99 minutes
Genre:
drama
Language:
mandarin
China release date:
Description:
Closing film of the Hong Kong Salento International Film Festival
Nai River is the first art film by Chinese director Luo Bin. In an email, he explained how the story came about: "I opened with Nai River because I wanted the story to be about the choice 'between life and death.' In Chinese culture, we all share a common understanding: once you cross the Nai River, you are gone to the next life and can never wake again. Every choice between life and death can only be made on the banks of the Nai River. Show more So the Nai River is the crucial threshold between life and death. I chose reincarnation because in traditional Chinese culture, everything unfolds within karmic rebirth..."
Nai River tells the story of three generations of one family — Qiang Qiang, who becomes a vegetative patient after a car accident; Xin Xin, an abandoned baby sent to an infant hospice; and Ying Ying, a rebellious teenage girl who returns from the city to her village and is raped by a thug. "If you look closely, you'll find that these three generations have changed in how they face the choice of 'life and death,' and that is exactly why we feel both hope and despair. The children in these three storylines are at once the objects of the previous generation's choices and the ones making choices for their own generation. They will have an enormous impact on the next generation."
Nai River is the first art film by Chinese director Luo Bin. In an email, he explained how the story came about: "I opened with Nai River because I wanted the story to be about the choice 'between life and death.' In Chinese culture, we all share a common understanding: once you cross the Nai River, you are gone to the next life and can never wake again. Every choice between life and death can only be made on the banks of the Nai River. Show more So the Nai River is the crucial threshold between life and death. I chose reincarnation because in traditional Chinese culture, everything unfolds within karmic rebirth..."
Nai River tells the story of three generations of one family — Qiang Qiang, who becomes a vegetative patient after a car accident; Xin Xin, an abandoned baby sent to an infant hospice; and Ying Ying, a rebellious teenage girl who returns from the city to her village and is raped by a thug. "If you look closely, you'll find that these three generations have changed in how they face the choice of 'life and death,' and that is exactly why we feel both hope and despair. The children in these three storylines are at once the objects of the previous generation's choices and the ones making choices for their own generation. They will have an enormous impact on the next generation."
Movie crew
presenter:
producer:
Han Qing, Li Shu-Lan, Wang Xue-Bin, Meng Yun, Luo Ting-Fu, He Yin-Quan, Liang Hai-Peng
1 m.
Han Qing
2 m.
Li Shu-Lan
2 m.
Wang Xue-Bin
1 m.
Meng Yun
1 m.
Luo Ting-Fu
1 m.
He Yin-Quan
4 m.
Liang Hai-Peng
planning:
script supervisor:
assistant director:
art director:
lighting:
sound recordist:
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