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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   784 votes
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Director:
Yung Chang
Writer:
Yung Chang (writer)
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Release Date:
30 September 2007 (Canada) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Tagline:
The river that erased her past will write her future
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
12 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
What's Up Doc? - Cinema Eye Honors
 (From ioncinema. 24 March 2009)

Document This!
 (From FilmExperience. 19 December 2008, 8:11 PM, PST)

User Comments:
Chinese cinematic masterpiece more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jerry Bo Yu Chen ... Himself
Campbell Ping He ... Himself
Cindy Shui Yu ... Herself
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sur le Yangzi (Canada: French title)
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English | Mandarin
Color:
Color | Color (35 mm version)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Australia:M | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
China
Company:
Eye Steel Film more

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Quotes:
Confucius: By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest. more

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29 out of 38 people found the following comment useful:-
Chinese cinematic masterpiece, 3 March 2008
10/10
Author: wangyimin999 from Canada

This cinema masterpiece is experience of Chinese not westerner story. I hope you will go to take in this experience and learn more about middle kingdom. This movie is fair and shows piece of Chinese life. Do not miss this masterpiece. It made me laugh it made me cry. It made me think about my homeland.

this is from variety Asia online: "If the title "Up the Yangtze!" suggests "up a creek!," it's no coincidence. China's Three Gorges Dam is considered by many experts to be a full-steam-ahead eco-disaster, but helmer Yung Chang's gorgeous meditation is more concerned with the project's collateral human damage: old farmers evicted, young people in servitude to Western tourists, all brought about by an endeavor whose collective weight may ultimately tilt the Earth's axis. A gloriously cinematic doc of epic, poetic sadness, "Yangtze" should be a hit on the specialized circuit and could break out, thanks to its embrace of irony rather than righteous indignation."

i think this review is right. i'm very happy for this film and i think, as a Chinese, it is important to see all of the sides of our story. that way we can grow to learn to be better.

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