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Across the Furious Sea (2023)

Across the Furious Sea poster
Original title
涉过愤怒的海
Directed by
Cao Baoping
Genre
crime, thriller, drama, mystery
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
2h 24m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 55 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A father seeks vengeance after his daughter goes missing. The investigation leads him into a violent confrontation with a wealthy family.

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What happens

Across the Furious Sea (Chinese: 涉过愤怒的海) is a 2023 Chinese neo-noir crime thriller film directed and co-written by Cao Baoping, and starring Huang Bo, Zhou Xun, Zu Feng, Zhang Youhao and Zhou Yiran. The film was adapted from the novel by Lao Huang of the same name published in Fiction Monthly. It is the last instalment of Cao's "Heartburn trilogy" following The Dead End (2015) and The Perfect Blue. Across the Furious Sea is also the first live-action domestic film in the history of mainland China's film industry to feature an age rating label mandated by the National Film Administration, in accordance with the Film Industry Promotion Law. It was released theatrically in China on November 25, 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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