Cry Me a River (2008)
- Original title
- 河上的爱情
- Directed by
- Jia Zhangke
- Genre
- drama, romance
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 19 min
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Four college friends and former lovers reunite after ten years in a small rural river town. They spend time together on the river and remember their past relationships.
melancholicnostalgicslow-burnintimatebittersweetcontemplativequietyearningreflective
What happens
Cry Me a River (河上的爱情 Heshang de aiqing, literally "love on the river") is a 2008 short film directed by Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke. The film is a romance recounting the reunion of four college friends and lovers after ten years. The leads are played by Jia regulars Zhao Tao and Wang Hongwei, and Hao Lei and Guo Xiaodong, who starred together in Lou Ye's 2006 film Summer Palace. Jia has stated that he was inspired by the classic Chinese film Spring in a Small Town, also about the reuniting of former lovers in a rural river town in eastern China. The film was produced by Jia's own Xstream Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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