Back to the Wharf

Name: Back to the Wharf
Genre: Drama, Romance, Crime
Released: January 17, 2023
Duration: 119 min
Cast: Enxi Deng, Hong-Chi Lee, Jia Song, Jin Chen, Yanhui Wang

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| Release Date (Streaming): January 17, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Enxi Deng, Hong-Chi Lee, Jia Song, Jin Chen, Yanhui Wang, Yu Zhang, Yuhang Gao, Zhengjie Zhou

Summary: Fifteen years ago, Song Hao, a top student in high school, went into hiding after being falsely ID'd for a murder he didn't commit. As he returns to his hometown as a grown man, it seems that everything has gone back to normal. His reunion with his old classmate Pan Xiaoshuang casts a bright light on his gloomy life. She provides him withFifteen years ago, Song Hao, a top student in high school, went into hiding after being falsely ID'd for a murder he didn't commit. As he returns to his hometown as a grown man, it seems that everything has gone back to normal. His reunion with his old classmate Pan Xiaoshuang casts a bright light on his gloomy life. She provides him with warmth that gradually tames the crashing waters beneath the surface. He decides to start his life anew and reconcile with his father, in order to find the truth about the unspeakable past that he ran away from.… Expand

Director: Xiaofeng Li

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 119 min

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Bradley Gibson

Jan 10, 2023

For Western audiences, Back to the Wharf is an engaging glimpse of daily life at the intersection of Chinese family culture and government corruption. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jan 17, 2023

The picture is a very slow starter, and even when the script begins to jolt, shock and make us fear our protagonist is merely fodder for the machine, even as it teases us with the idea that a man can only take so much, we know better than to get our hopes up too much. Read full review

Brandon Yu

Jan 19, 2023

This film from Li Xiaofeng turns a crime soap opera into an allegory about the moral costs of rapacious expansion — to middling effect. Read full review

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