Mardar, a motorcycle courier in his mid-twenties, is one day asked by a shady alcohol smuggler to deliver his sixteen-year-old daughter, Moudan, to her aunt. Mardar and Moudan grow fond of each other. But their tender happiness is disrupted when Moudan thinks that Mardar has kidnapped her for a ransom. She is so disappointed in him that she jumps off the bridge into the Suzhou River. Mardar is now suspected of murder. When, a couple of years later, he comes out of jail he meets the dancer Meimei, an alter-ego of Moudan, and becomes fascinated by her.
With great cinematic style, Suzhou River portrays a love story with much credibility and emotions. The cinematography has been compared to that of Wong Kar-wai (Fallen Angels, Chungking Express) due to its dreamy and surreal nature, and in terms of acting it's a slam-dunk. Good stuff.
Genre: Drama/Romance
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