A Grand Canal, 2013.
Directed by Johnny Ma.
Starring Johnny Ma, Mei Song Shun, Xiao Min du, Zhan Mei, Hong Sheng Wang, and Yun Feng Wang.
A ten year old boy remembers the tragedy that ensued when his father tried to save his fleet of boats.
A man sits at a wedding table reflecting on what had brought him there in the first place. It turns out that an uncle of the groom who was attending the ceremony owes him money for off-loading a shipment. A confrontation occurs between the two men with results in the ship captain ending up dead in a river.
There is a lot of narration and one wonders what would have happen if the images were allowed to tell more of the story. The Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas) technique of placing the middle scene at the start the movie and returning to it later on is not a bad idea. The acting feels rather flat and staged. Unfortunately, there is no sense of bond established between the father and son so when the film crew appears allowing the child to give his murdered parent the ending he should of have had it is lacking in dramatic impact.