Island Keeper 守岛人 China, 2021, colour, 2.35:1, 124 mins. Director: Chen Li 陈力. Rating: 6/10. Well-played drama, based on a real-life story, of a couple on a lonely outpost in the East China Sea. STORY Guanyun county, Jiangsu province, East China, autumn 1986. Wang Jicai (Liu Ye), 26, a battalion commander in the Militia, has … Continue reading Review: Island Keeper (2021) →
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