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flow

1993·Movie
38min

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Immersive world, strong craft, emotionally cool.

Energy

Calm and low-key

Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.

  • Tension3
  • Spectacle3
  • Adrenaline1

Heart

Emotionally reserved

  • Melancholy6
  • Pathos5
  • Wonder4

Humor

A little humor

Not a comedy at heart.

  • Absurdist Humor3
  • Wit & Wordplay2
  • Situational Comedy0

World

The mind

  • Dialogue Centrality9
  • Ambiguity9
  • Novelty8

Craft

Standout direction and dialogue

Layered plot that rewards full attention.

  • Complexity9
  • Meta Narrative9
  • Direction8

Style

Functional look and sound

  • Editing7
  • Visual Stylization7
  • Cinematography6

Who it's for

AdultsSolo WatchThought-Provoking

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About

In Flow, completed in 1991, Wenyi Hou, the Chinese woman migrant artist being interviewed, struggles with the impossibility of identity formation through speech and performs instead a documentary scene that has obviously been rehearsed in order to highlight the unhumanness of being human. She asks whether it is possible that we all originated from and could be reducible to grape, in the farm of bunches, connecting and consumable, yet all brilliant and different in their own contexts, or in her words, “in another kind of time.”
Experimental CinemaPhilosophical InquiryIdentity ExplorationMeta-DocumentaryAbstractThought-ProvokingArt-HouseExistential ThemesLinguistic FocusUnconventional Narrative

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Sequels and Prequels

No sequels or prequels available

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Where can I stream flow legally?

flow is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, Eternal Family, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on JustWatch TV, Fawesome, and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video and Apple TV Store. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.

Is flow worth watching?

70
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Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 70/100. The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.

How long is flow?

0 h 38 min

flow runs 0 h 38 min.

What language is flow in?

Chinese

It was made in Chinese.

In how many countries can I watch flow?

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GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for flow in 138 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.

What tropes does flow use?

Friend-or-Idol DecisionWorld of SymbolismCall a Smeerp a "Rabbit"Corporal PunishmentIn the Style ofNo AntagonistTerrifying RescuerNameless NarrativeAll There in the ScriptThe Law of Conservation of DetailBittersweet EndingBroken Angeland 53 more

TV Tropes lists 65 storytelling tropes for flow, including Friend-or-Idol Decision, World of Symbolism, Call a Smeerp a "Rabbit".