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  • Starring: Hongshen Jia, Xun Zhou
  • Summary: Marda (Jia), a motorcycle courier becomes obsessed with a beautiful young girl named Moudan (Zhou), whom he falls in love with only to lose her in a botched kidnap attempt to gain money from her wealthy father. Moudan jumps into the murky waters of the Suzhou River and becomes lost forever. Marda is sentenced for three years, but upon his return he meets MeiMei (Zhou), an identical look-alike whom he suspects is actually Moudan, or is she? (Strand Releasing)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ella Taylor
    90
    A waterlogged little jewel of a Chinese movie that you must rush out and see at once or else.
  2. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Peter Brunette
    90
    A delight to the eye, ear, and mind
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    A little too derivative of much better movies to succeed on its own. However, in the context of recent Chinese movies, it's a pretty amazing piece of work.

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