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Suzhou River (Chinese: 苏州河; pinyin: Sūzhōu Hé) is a 2000 Chinese romance film written and directed by Lou Ye, a tragic love story set in contemporary Shanghai. The film, though stylistically distinct, is typical of " Sixth Generation " Chinese filmmakers in its subject matter of contemporary China's gritty urban experience. [ 1 ]
Feb 21, 2023 · The depiction in “Suzhou River” of unemployment and idleness and drunkenness, of gangland crime and police corruption, of covert maneuvering outside the ambit of Party propaganda and patriotic...
Suzhou River: Directed by Ye Lou. With Xun Zhou, Hongsheng Jia, Zhongkai Hua, Anlian Yao. After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover.
Dec 14, 2022 · New 4K Restoration of Lou Ye's SUZHOU RIVER, Now Available for Video On Demand on digital platforms and Blu-ray! ...more.
Suzhou Creek, also known as Soochow Creek, winds 53km through Shanghai and enters Huangpu River to the east of Waibaidu Bridge. It is famous for its abundant old European style bridges, western style buildings and Shukumen style residences along the banks.
Along the banks of the Suzhou River, which winds precariously through Shanghai, Marda (Jia Hongshen) falls in love with a dramatically beautiful young woman named Moudan (Zhou Xun).
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SUZHOU RIVER AND THE UNVARNISHED REALISM OF SIXTH GENERATION CHINESE CINEMA. Written by Andrea Cardenas, AFS Creative Careers Intern. This May, AFS Cinema presents Lou Ye’s newly restored SUZHOU RIVER, one of the defining films of the Sixth Generation film movement in China.
Feb 22, 2023 · Director Lou Ye’s urban fairy tale “Suzhou River” (2000) captures a short-lived love affair amid the thick smog of ‘90s Shanghai. Neon-lit debauchery, underworld criminal scheming and intimate connections are captured on a handheld camera by an anonymous narrator (Zhang Ming Fang) — an offscreen videographer caught between the forces ...
SUZHOU RIVER is a movie of seductive surfaces—mainly as reflected in the queasy glamour of the polluted canal that winds through the heart of Shanghai. Named for an urban stream of consciousness, SUZHOU RIVER is a ghost story that’s shot as though it were a documentary—and a documentary that feels like a dream.”
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.
