The Rivers of Babylon

February. 08,2013      
Rating:
5.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

19-year-old Lily returns to her seaside hometown Beihai, a city neighboring Vietnam. The unexpected sudden arrival of a level-eight typhoon named “Mountain Spirit” delays her departure from the village. Lily runs into her childhood classmate Howe, who is himself possessed by his own troubles. They travel into a mysterious mangrove forest. The typhoon ends, and a secret emerges…

Reviews

Palaest
2013/02/08

recommended

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StyleSk8r
2013/02/09

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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Hadrina
2013/02/10

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Claire Dunne
2013/02/11

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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