The river Suzhou that flows through Shanghai is a reservoir of filth, chaos and poverty, but also a meeting place for memories and secrets. Lou Ye, who spent his youth on the banks of the Suzhou, shows the river as a Chinese Styx, in which forgotten stories and mysteries come together. Mardar, a motorcycle courier in his mid-twenties, rides all over the city with all kinds of packages for his clients. He knows every inch and is successful thanks to the fact that he never asks... (Full plot summary below)
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The river Suzhou that flows through Shanghai is a reservoir of filth, chaos and poverty, but also a meeting place for memories and secrets. Lou Ye, who spent his youth on the banks of the Suzhou, shows the river as a Chinese Styx, in which forgotten stories and mysteries come together. Mardar, a motorcycle courier in his mid-twenties, rides all over the city with all kinds of packages for his clients. He knows every inch and is successful thanks to the fact that he never asks questions. One day he is 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.
Leave your thoughts about Suzhou River.
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaThe ambiguity of its story and its lush, painterly images give the film a dreamlike quality, but it taps deep into the soul of genuine, soul-aching romantic longing. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA strangely obessive love tale from the 35-year-old Chinese director Ye Lou. |
| Sight and SoundLizzie FranckeA seductive and atmospheric conundrum that works pleasingly as an exercise in storytelling. |
| TIME MagazineRichard CorlissWhatever city this one is showing in...move there. |
| L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorA waterlogged little jewel of a Chinese movie that you must rush out and see at once or else. |
| Mr. ShowbizMichael AtkinsonSuzhou River might be more pulpy than profound, but it still sings its old song better than we've heard in years. |
| KPBS.orgBeth AccomandoIts visual style is gritty... and yet there is also a sense of the fantastical and of an achingly lush romanticism. |
| New York PostLou LumenickCasts a dreamy romantic spell that lingers pleasantly in the mind for a long time after experiencing it. |
| Nick's Flick PicksNick DavisGorgeous, enigmatic movie that probably adds up to very little, but Ye is a tantalizing imagemaker. |
| Portland OregonianKim MorganA Chinese film whose simple surface belies greater mysteries. |
