Up the Yangtze
“The river that erased her past will write her future”
Documentary
At the edge of the Yangtze River, not far from the Three Gorges Dam, young men and women take up employment on a cruise ship, where they confront rising waters and a radically changing China.
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A quiet, observational journey through a changing landscape. It feels like watching history unfold from a distance, with a sense of inevitable loss and the quiet dignity of those caught in its path.
melancholicobservationalpoignantcontemplativesteadyobservational documentarycinéma véritésocial realismprogress vs. traditionenvironmentalismdisplacementfamily
peasanttouristfamily historymodern chinaforced relocationyangtze river
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