Caught By The Tides (2024)

The New Yorker declared that “Caught By The Tides is a gorgeous vision or loss and renewal”, and critics who saw it at Cannes, where it was screened in competition in 2024, described it as China’s answer to Richard Linklater’s Boyhood.

Filmed over 20 years, we follow a boy and a girl as they move from their early 20s into their 40s. What you get is a remarkable portrait of a country that has undergone a staggering transformation in the blink of an eye.