Only the River Flows

strong bloody images. violence

Classified Date:

30/05/2024

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Picturehouse Entertainment

violence

Impressionistically filmed scenes of violence imply that a young boy is bludgeoned to death with a rock and that an elderly woman's neck is hacked by an attacker with a bladed weapon; although these blows are hidden from view, they are shot in an impactful way. There are other bludgeonings and implied shootings.

threat and horror

An unseen character wielding a large bladed implement approaches a woman from behind, implying murderous intent. In other scenes it is implied that a killer is stalking his victims and there are tense sequences in which a policeman pursues a suspect.

language

There is occasional very mild bad language ('God', 'hell').

sex

Police learn a suspect has a previous conviction for 'indecency', but there is no further detail of this incident. There are undetailed references to characters having romantic and, it is implied, sexual relationships.

discrimination

A character with apparent learning difficulties is referred to as a 'madman' and there are references to an unborn child with a possible genetic disorder being 'defective'.

suicide and self-harm

There are references to an attempted suicide and a man takes his own life.

injury detail

There is close-up sight of blood pools and spatter as well as occasional bloody injury detail, often in the context of crime scene images.

theme

Characters discuss the possibility of terminating a pregnancy after learning the foetus may have a defective gene; this leads to emotional upset and argument. Characters experience unspecified mental health difficulties.

strong bloody images, violence

Classified Date:

11/09/2024

Version:

2D

Use:

Physical media + VOD/Streaming

Distributor:

Picturehouse Entertainment

violence

Impressionistically filmed scenes of violence imply that a young boy is bludgeoned to death with a rock and that an elderly woman's neck is hacked by an attacker with a bladed weapon; although these blows are hidden from view, they are shot in an impactful way. There are other bludgeonings and implied shootings.

threat and horror

An unseen character wielding a large bladed implement approaches a woman from behind, implying murderous intent. In other scenes it is implied that a killer is stalking his victims and there are tense sequences in which a policeman pursues a suspect.

language

There is occasional very mild bad language ('God', 'hell').

sex

Police learn a suspect has a previous conviction for 'indecency', but there is no further detail of this incident. There are undetailed references to characters having romantic and, it is implied, sexual relationships.

discrimination

A character with apparent learning difficulties is referred to as a 'madman' and there are references to an unborn child with a possible genetic disorder being 'defective'.

suicide and self-harm

There are references to an attempted suicide and a man takes his own life.

injury detail

There is close-up sight of blood pools and spatter as well as occasional bloody injury detail, often in the context of crime scene images.

theme

Characters discuss the possibility of terminating a pregnancy after learning the foetus may have a defective gene; this leads to emotional upset and argument. Characters experience unspecified mental health difficulties.

Classified Date:

09/09/2024

Use:

Physical media

Distributor:

Picturehouse Entertainment

Classified Date:

02/07/2024

Version:

2D

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

Picturehouse Entertainment

Classified date

11/09/2024

Director(s)

Wei Shujun

Production Year

2023

Genre(s)

Drama

Approx. running minutes

102m

Cast

Yilong Zhu, Chloe Maayan, Tianlai Hou