Before the Flood
2005, Chinese. Directed by Yan Yu & Li Yifan.
Before the Flood is a study of the final weeks of a dying city, as thousand-year-old Fengjie on the Yangtze River is reduced to rubble and its inhabitants uprooted to make way for the new Three Gorges Dam that will flood the entire valley.
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 16 February 2005
- Original title
- 淹没
- Country
- China
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Before the Flood runs 150 minutes (2h 30m).
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Before the Flood isn’t on a subscription OTT platform in India, but you can rent it online. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked Before the Flood, try Come See Me in the Good Light, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library, A Toxic Love Story.
Who directed Before the Flood?
Before the Flood (2005) was directed by Yan Yu and Li Yifan.