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Mardar is a small-time crook who delivers packages without asking questions. Until he is asked to deliver a MeiMei, the daughter of a shady smuggler. Looking exactly like his long-lost love, Moudan, who threw herself into the Suzhou River, Mardar becomes convinced she is his dead lover. Set within the murky wastelands of Shanghai, Ye Lou’s award-winning re-tooling of Hitchcock’s Vertigo is a visual treat that features the kinetic style of Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express.
A unique take on the neo-noir genre, Suzhou River is newly restored in 4K and made available on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:
4K restoration of the film from the original negative
5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
Newly filmed interview with critic and programmer Tony Rayns
In Shanghai - a short film documentary portrait by Lou of his home city (2001, 16 mins) - TBC
Original trailer
Optional English subtitles
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Josh Slater-Williams and a newly translated archival interview with Ye Lou
Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
Jia Hongsheng