인어의 전설이 흐르는 강… 샹하이를 가로지르는 수주강. 비디오 촬영기사인 나의 시점으로 전개되는 두 연인 마다와 모우단의 목숨까지도 버리는 열렬한 사랑 이야기가 펼쳐진다. 나는 현실적인 인물이다. 연인 메이메이(Meimei)가 있지만 그들과 같은 사랑을 하지는 않는다. 마다의 사랑이 꾸며낸 거짓이라고 믿었던 메이메이는 마다와 모우단의 시체를 보고는 그것이 사실이었음을 깨닫는다. 그리고, 나에게 마다와 같은 사랑을 요구한다. 그러나, 나는 그녀의 요구를 무시해 버린다.

Su Zhou he: Directed by Ye Lou. With Xun Zhou, Hongshen Jia, Zhongkai Hua, Anlian Yao. 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. Mardar, a motorcycle courier in his mid-twenties, rides all over the city with all kinds of packages for his clients. He knows every inch and is successful thanks to the fact that he never asks questions. One day he is asked by a shady alcohol smuggler to deliver his sixteen-year-old daughter, Moudan, to her aunt. Mardar and Moudan grow fond of each other. But their tender happiness is disrupted when Moudan thinks that Mardar has kidnapped her for a ransom. She is so disappointed in him that she jumps off the bridge into the Suzhou River. Mardar is now suspected of murder. When a couple of years later he comes out of jail, he meets the dancer Meimei, an alter-ego of Moudan, and becomes fascinated by her.