May the Rivers and Seas Flow Upward

July. 13,2020      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

As the second work of young director Ran Yinxiao, "May the Rivers and Seas Flow Upward" is set in Chongqing and tells a different kind of family story between three people who are not related by blood. The film has a time span of nearly a century and records the life trajectories of two generations and two families.

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