Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild is a 1990 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Starring some of the best-known actors and actresses in Hong Kong, including Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and Tony Leung, the film marks the first collaboration between Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle, with whom he has since made six more films.
Plot
In 1960 Hong Kong, Yuddy, a smooth-talking playboy, seduces South China AA box office attendant Li-zhen but is uninterested in a serious relationship, leaving her heartbroken. He moves on to a new relationship with vivacious cabaret dancer Mimi. Yuddy's friend Zeb is also attracted to Mimi, but she does not reciprocate his feelings. Yuddy has a tense relationship with his adoptive mother Rebecca, a former prostitute, who has long refused to reveal the identity of his birth mother.
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author | Jeffrey Lau Wong Kar-wai |
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award | Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film |
contentLocation | Hong Kong |
director | Wong Kar-wai |
editor | Kai Kit-Wai Patrick Tam |
genre | drama |
keywords | 2046 adoptive mother ailing mother cabaret dancer former prostitute hotel room id in the mood for love love affair phone booth railway station shot to death smoke south china aa tick to remember train conductor young man |
musicBy | Chan Ming-Diy |
producer | Alan Tang |
publisher | In-Gear Film Production Co., Ltd. |
recordedAt | Philippines |