Crosscurrent

Crosscurrent

2016 · 116 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama

A voyage between a woman searching for the meaning of life and a man holding a book of poems on the longest river of Mainland China.

Directed by Yang Chao · Written by Yang Chao

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