The Films of Lou Ye: Suzhou River
March 29, 2025
The Films of Lou Ye: First U.S. Retrospective + New Release
Presented by STArt Film Studio.
A murky Shanghai river, the Suzhou, becomes a haunting backdrop for a man's obsessive search for a lost love, mirroring the city's shadowy underbelly and his own fractured memories.
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Saturday, March 29, 2025
A motorcycle courier in his mid-twenties is asked to drive the 16-year-old daughter of a smuggler. They fall in love, but when she figures out that he is kidnapping her for a ransom, she jumps into the river, and he is jailed for murder. After his release he meets a dancer: her alter ego.
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- Director: Lou Ye
- Principal Cast: Xun Zhou, Hongsheng Jia, Zhongkai Hua, Anlian Yao, Nai An
- Country: China
- Year: 2000
- Running Time: 83 min.
- Language: Chinese
- Has Subtitles: Yes