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River Without Buoys (1983)

River Without Buoys poster
Original title
没有航标的河流
Directed by
Wu Tianming
Genre
drama film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three timber rafters navigate a river while working during China's Cultural Revolution. They decide to free a former district director from a labor camp.

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What happens

River Without Buoys (Chinese: 没有航标的河流; pinyin: mei you hang biao de he liu) is a 1983 Chinese film directed by Wu Tianming about three timber rafters during the Cultural Revolution who decide to rescue a former District Director from a labor camp. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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