Chun gwong ja sit

1997 [CN]

Action / Drama / Romance

47
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 38884 38.9K

relationship problems male homosexuality argentina lgbt criterion falling out of love

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Plot summary

A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.

Director

Kar-Wai Wong Photo
Kar-Wai Wong

Top cast

Tony Chiu Wai Leung Photo
Tony Chiu Wai Leung as Lai Yiu-fai
Leslie Cheung Photo
Leslie Cheung as Ho Po-wing
Chen Chang Photo
Chen Chang as Chang
Gregory Dayton Photo
Gregory Dayton as Lover
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882.07 MB
1280*694
Chinese 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 14
1.77 GB
1920*1040
Chinese 5.1
Not Rated
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 83

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

I felt the opening few scenes offered great

I felt the opening few scenes offered great promise, they are gritty and illustrative not just of a sexuality, but also of the physical nature of a relationship. When the two men travel to Argentina however, on an holiday, it is quickly clear to all that the relationship is on it's last legs. They separate and both find themselves leading lives that neither would have sought or really want - but yet they cannot go back; don't want to go back - even though one life takes on new positive meaning, whilst the other hits the skids. It's beautifully shot with director Wong Kar-Wai making full use of the grand scenery offered by the Argentine, but somehow I think that grandeur subsumed the story. The characters are strong, and both lead actors deliver well and consistently, but I couldn't help feeling a certain element of ennui as I watched it. It would be unfair to describe it as melodrama, but somehow the characters didn't engage me. Whilst I felt sympathy for "Po-wing" (Leslie Cheung) I found him rather irritating; his introspection grated on me after a while. "Yiu-fai' (Tony Leung) offered more by way of validation - of optimism, but again it just didn't quite get my engagement genes firing. Maybe it is because European cinema has largely long since lost the ability to truly shock, that this has much less impact than I had anticipated - but though thoroughly watchable, it still left me underwhelmed.
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Reviewed by davidals 9 / 10

Brilliant & Touching Story of loneliness & dislocation

I didn't think so the first time I saw HAPPY TOGETHER, but I really think this film is a masterpiece. Technically it's amazing - the hand-held camera-work is incredible, and the mindbending shifts from saturated colors to monochrome (which I first felt was a stylish stunt) really underscores the loneliness and alienation of the characters brilliantly - the overall effect by the films' end is devastating.

HAPPY TOGETHER was apparently also - at least partially - inspired by the Argentine novelist Manuel Puig, author of 'Kiss Of The Spider Woman' among many other novels, and Puig's fiction tackles similar issues in a similarly fractured style (filled with footnotes, digressions and sudden shifts in perspective), all to incredibly powerful emotional effect.

If HAPPY TOGETHER is something of an homage to Puig, it's a great one. On it's own it's also a devastating portrait of a disintegrating relationship.

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