A Shanghai courier falls for a mysterious woman, then meets her double after prison in this hypnotic tale of love, crime and obsession.
Along Shanghai’s Suzhou River, courier Marda falls for the beautiful Moudan, only to lose her after a failed kidnapping sends him to prison. Three years later, he meets MeiMei, a woman who looks exactly like his lost love. Newly restored in 4K, SUZHOU RIVER is a seductive mystery of memory, guilt and obsession with echoes of Hitchcock’s Vertigo.
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SUZHOU RIVER is noir romance with a fever dream pulse. Lou Ye turns Shanghai’s waterways into a maze of longing, doubling and dangerous desire, crafting a mystery that feels both intimate and cinematic. Restored in stunning 4K, it is the perfect rediscovery for lovers of Vertigo, art-house suspense and films that blur love with obsession.
