Suzhou River
Original title: Suzhou he
“If you love me, search for me until you die. For me, who became a mermaid.”
2000 · 1 h 23 min
Directed by 
Lou Ye
Lou YeCast
Xun Zhou Hongsheng Jia Zhongkai Hua Anlian Yao Nai An Zhang Ming Fang
Credits
Written by: Ye Lou
Music: Jörg Lemberg
Produced by: Nai An Philippe Bober
Plot
A motorcycle courier in Shanghai becomes involved with a girl who may be a mermaid, in a love story told by a video-camera narrator along the polluted Suzhou River.
Sinekatalog’s take
A moody, Vertigo-like Shanghai romance.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (8,792 votes)
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