Happy Together (1997) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Chun gwong tsa sit (Happy Together)aka
AKA
- Chun gwong cha sit
Year
1997
Running time
98 min.
Country
Hong Kong
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Genre
Romance. Drama | Gay & Lesbian. Friendship. Romantic Drama. Cult movie
Synopsis
Yiu-Fai and Po-Wing arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong and take to the road for a holiday. Something is wrong and their relationship goes adrift. A disillusioned Yiu-Fai starts working at a tango bar to save up for his trip home. When a beaten and bruised Po-Wing reappears, Yiu-Fai is empathetic but is unable to enter a more intimate relationship. After all, Po-Wing is not ready to settle down. Yiu-Fai now works in a Chinese restaurant and meets the youthful Chang from Taiwan. Yiu-Fai's life takes on a new spin, while Po-Wing's life shatters continually in contrast.
Rankings Position
Awards
1997: Cannes Film Festival: Best Director
1997: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated to Best Foreign Film
1997: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Cinematography.
Critics' reviews
- "A fizzy chamber yarn about two gay Hong Kongers in Argentina"
- "Structurally and dramatically this is all over the place, but stylistically it's gripping"
- "An arresting work about an exotic subculture."
- "An abundance of style and an almost total lack of substance make Wong Kar-wai's Happy Together a visually arresting but ultimately unrewarding excursion."
- "Wong returns once more to what he seems to know best - the visual poetry of the urban Asian night, a world of characters on the move, coming and going, never really getting anywhere."
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Ranking Lists Position
- 21 My Favorite Chinese & Hong Kong Movies (31)
- 60 My Favorite Asian Movies (75)
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