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The Island That All Flow By

2016 · 97 min Drama TV Movie
6.0 / 10 · TMDB

What is a mature relationship? How many types of family structures are there? Age, Class, Gender and Survival continue to distort the facets of emotional relationships among humans. I like to think that Taiwanese are like desperate fishes in troubled waters, struggling to get to the water surface for a breath of fresh air. In 2013, Taiwan bids goodbye to the toll booth system as it launches a new electrical device called eTag. With the new system, Chia-wen, a middle-aged divorcee working in a toll booth on the freeway, is about to be laid off. Her financial burden increases when her teenage son is charged with sexual assault. At this difficult time, Chia-wen meets Chih-hao, who promises to help in exchange for sex. Standing at a crossroads in her life, Chia-wen is uncertain which step to take next.

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Original Title 川流之島
Year 2016
Country Taiwan
Genre Drama, TV Movie
Director Chan Ching-lin
Runtime 97 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.0/10 (2 votes)

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Director Chien Shen-fu constructs a quiet, devastating character study that relies on the raw vulnerability of its performances. It explores the brutal economics of survival, where intimacy and desperation become entangled in a transaction with no easy answers.

What lingers after the credits is the profound weight of choices made under duress. This is a film about the cost of living, not loving, told with unflinching clarity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Chan Ching-lin

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Alone, in a quiet room, to fully absorb its slow-burn emotional gravity and social critique.

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