在这部窒息惊悚片中,摄影师沈潇（葛优 饰）和大提琴手梅子（秦海璐 饰）的婚姻生活并不和美，沈潇身边常年聚集着诸多美女，而沈潇也利用职务之便四处沾花惹草，这让梅子大感不满。一次争吵中，沈潇失手误杀了梅子，后悔莫迭的他将妻子的尸体装在大提琴的琴盒里，准备抛尸。
处理完现场，沈潇到公安局报了案，谎称梅子失踪多日，而之后，他的生活逐渐变得诡异起来。梅子的身影不断的出现在他的身边，似真似幻，而那只行踪诡异的大提琴琴盒也成为了沈潇的噩梦。梅子真的死了吗？真的是自己杀了梅子吗？精神濒临崩溃的沈潇去看了精神科医生，之后，他发现邻居赵太（李滨 饰）正是精神科的主创，而随着和赵太的深入接触，沈潇发现自己似乎陷进了一个圈套之中。
A cello case becomes an instrument of terror for a photographer convinced he murdered his cheating wife. Chinese film star Ge You (Butterfly Smile) is the schizophrenic haunted by the case, which he may have used to dispose of his wife's corpse. The lines between the subconscious and conscious, the dead and the living, horrifically blur in this intense, atmospheric psychological thriller. Drenched with suspense and black humor, SUFFOCATION's twisted nightmare journey through the emotional strangulation of madness will make you gasp!
对《窒息》结尾潜意识的思考。现实，幻境，哪个更真实？。写在2005年的影评。
