The mystery of the Suzhou River

picture of a young Chinese director Lou Ye, which is a matter of fact, one big metaphor. Suzhou River, which is Shanghai, - stock, which covers not only debris and mud, but the memories and unfulfilled dreams. Somewhere near the river lived a girl named Mudan - daughter Traffickers vodka. She likes a young guy named Mardar - courier, who on his motorcycle performs all sorts of client orders, the guy gave her a doll Mermaid. One father Mudan requests Mardari take the girl to her aunt. However, some of it from other clients Mardari earning for robbery, asked the boy to take Mudan in a very different place. In fact, the girl was kidnapped for ransom. And it becomes clear that the person to whom she distrusted - traitor. In desperation 16-year-old strikes the Mudan River Suzhou, promising to return in the form of a mermaid ... Mardari accused in the disappearance of girls and put in jail ... It's - the first parable film. Second - the story told to us by the operator, by which we, by the way, all the action and observe. Operator attends some bar, where one of the numbers shows a girl dressed mermaid, swimming in an aquarium. Operator falls in love with her, and she tells him the above story in the form of legends. One girl mermaid Meymey disappears ...