The River of Life
2014, Cantonese. Directed by Yang Pingdao.
Yang Pingdao invents something poised delicately between fiction and documentary to capture crystallized moments in his family history, to recreate in cinematic form its emotional weight and variety, woven around the life and death of his grandmother, and the birth of his child.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Cantonese
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- Released
- 1 January 2014
- Original title
- 生命的河流
- Country
- China
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The River of Life runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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The River of Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2014. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like The River of Life?
If you liked The River of Life, try Van Gogh: Painted with Words, Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet, Life in a Day.
Who directed The River of Life?
The River of Life (2014) was directed by Yang Pingdao.