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The Inspired Island: River Without Banks

2014, Chinese. Directed by Wan-Jo Wang.

River Without Banks (2014) takes poetry and war as its main theme. As homage to Death of a Stone Cell, the film is structured into ten segments; each led by the first lines of the first ten stanza of the poem. Correspondences between the poet and his friends are incorporated throughout, taking the audience back and forth between Lofu's youth and middle age, only to eventually depict a full picture of the protagonist. The camera follows Lofu on his trips back to the bomb shelter and tunnel in Kinmen and his hometown Hengyang in Hunan Province of China, while also capturing his daily life in his adopted country of Canada. Acclaimed as the "Wizard of Poetry", Lofu shares through the film of the most insightful reflections.

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Released
18 October 2014
Original title
他們在島嶼寫作：無岸之河
Country
Taiwan

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What should I watch before The Inspired Island: River Without Banks?

Watch The Inspired Island: Towards the Completion of a Poem (2011), The Inspired Island: The Untrammeled Traveler (2011), The Inspired Island: Port of Mists (2011), and The Inspired Island: The Coming of Tulku (2011) first, plus 2 earlier titles listed on this page.

What comes after The Inspired Island: River Without Banks?

Next in the series: The Inspired Island: Multiflorate Splendour (2015), The Inspired Island: My City (2015), and The Inspired Island: 1918 (2015).

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The Inspired Island: River Without Banks runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).

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The Inspired Island: River Without Banks isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 October 2014. (Checked 13 November 2026.)

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Who directed The Inspired Island: River Without Banks?

The Inspired Island: River Without Banks (2014) was directed by Wan-Jo Wang and stars 洛夫.

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