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Writer:
Ye Lou (writer)
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Release Date:
7 September 2000 (Hong Kong) more
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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... more | add synopsis
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5 wins & 1 nomination more
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Cast

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Xun Zhou ... Meimei / Moudan
Hongshen Jia ... Mardar
Zhongkai Hua ... Lao B.
Anlian Yao ... Boss
An Nai ... Xiao Hong
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Suzhou River (Germany) (International: English title)
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83 min
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Who Are You?, 15 April 2004

"Suzhou River" is set in an off beat and low key Shanghai, unrecognisable as the Chinese city of bright lights. Shot from the perspective of an unseen narrator, Li Jiqian, "Suzhou He" toys wonderfully with the identity of its characters in a city filled to over flowing. Ma Da, a motor cycle courier is looking for Peony (Xun Zhou) a girl he lost years earlier. Has he found her in Meimei? Meimei asks "Am I the Peony your looking for?", half hopeful, half mocking. A pivotal moment in self awareness in a society held together for so long by conformity.

Hand held camera work, shot, it seems, mainly in natural light sets "Suzhou He" apart from many recent Chinese films released in the West, especially the beautiful, luminous films of the 'Fifth Generation' film makers so popular outside China. An interesting and arresting look at love, life and relationships of a new generation in China.

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