Only the River Flows
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| Simplified Chinese | 河边的错误 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 河邊的錯誤 | ||||||
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| Directed by | Wei Shujun | ||||||
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| Based on | Mistakes by the River by Yu Hua | ||||||
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| Cinematography | Zhiyuan Chengma | ||||||
| Edited by | Mattieu Laclau | ||||||
Production company | KXKH Film | ||||||
| Distributed by | Lian Ray Pictures | ||||||
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Running time | 102 minutes | ||||||
| Country | China | ||||||
| Language | Mandarin | ||||||
| Box office | $41.4 million | ||||||
Only the River Flows (simplified Chinese: 河边的错误; traditional Chinese: 河邊的錯誤; pinyin: Hébiān de cuòwù) is a 2023 Chinese neo-noir crime drama film directed by Wei Shujun, who co-wrote the screenplay with Kang Chunlei based on Yu Hua's short novel Mistakes by the River. The film stars Zhu Yilong as a police chief investigating a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s.
The film was selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard section of the 76th Cannes Film Festival. It was released theatrically in China on October 21, 2023. As of November 7, the total box office of the film is 301 million RMB, placing it among China's highest-grossing independent films.