Suzhou River

Surprising I watched two different movies directed by two different directors and in two different language and yet the two movies have a very common theme, the main actress has double role. Though they don't meet each other in any of the two is they do realize that they were not the true love of the man they were thinking. But thats it. The two are different stories and with some awesome background music to accompany. While the music of Suzhou River is haunting and foot tapping, the music of Love letter is sweet so much I could play on and on for hours without getting bored. Both are romantic movies and the story telling in both the movies is impeccable. The moment Suzhou river started I was engrossed it starts with the hero narrating the story and till the end you don't see his face ! The narration is superb and the movie is quite short. Its about a hero who gets a new girl friend but still not sure how much she loves her, she insist that he should love her like another guy who loves her girlfriend and his story. Infact she thought he just made up the story and is in love with her. But then she discovers that his girlfriend really existed and she did look like him and then.. See the movie its awesome. I loved it. On the other hand when Love letter started I thought it was just another schmaltzy love story. However it becomes interesting as it progess. Its about a girl whose fiance has died two years ago and she happens to find the girl with the same name as her fiance and the correspondence of letters between the two. Five start from me. Its directed by Shunji Iwai and beautiful Miho Nakayama stars in it. The Suzhou river is directed by Lou ye and has Zhou Xun in the lead. Another five star from me.