What is the ending of Suzhou Creek?

The ending of this film is also tragic. Motor and peony, who finally reunited, died of smuggling wine and ushered in a fateful death. The photographer who lost his beauty also drank hard liquor, which seems to imply that he also committed suicide in despair.

Lou Ye's films keenly capture a wandering, intense, romantic and pure emotional experience. Unique photography and exquisite narration are very attractive. But the question is, is this feeling too extreme and lacks more universal significance? It is with this question that I can't have the voice of * * * in the film at a deeper level.

"Will you look for me like a motor?" This line, as well as the innocent expression of peony holding a mermaid, seems a bit melodramatic now.

Suzhou Creek tells us two love stories with colorful and unique images.

On the Suzhou River in Shanghai, Hongshen Jia, who delivered goods by motorcycle, took the job of picking up the innocent girl Peony (Zhou Xun). When they got along, Peony fell in love with Mada, but just when she decided to entrust her life to each other, Mada, who was troubled by money, kidnapped Peony with his underworld friends to extort money. Let peony lose heart and jump into Suzhou River.

Before jumping, the peony will turn into a mermaid and look for the motor again. Five years later, the motor, who was puzzled by his behavior, came back and began to look around. When I saw Meimei (Zhou Xun) dressed as a mermaid in a bar, Mada decided that she was a peony and Meimei was just another spoony woman.

Finally, the motor finally found the peony in a convenience store. Unexpectedly, Motor and Peony drank too much vodka. When they were crossing the bridge over Suzhou River with peony, their motorcycle fell into the river and they drowned.