 In 1993, he made his first film "Weekend Lover", but it was not released until two years later, having its world premiere at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg where it received the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award.Between completion and premiere of "Weekend Lover" he made and released "Don't Be Young", a thriller about a girl who takes her nightmares as real, in 1994.Lou, however, did not gain international prominence until his third film, the neo-noir "Suzhou River".