Happy Together

Titolo originale: 春光乍洩
Regia: Wong Kar-Wai |
Anno: 1997
Origine: Hong Kong | South Korea | Japan |
Generi: Dramma Romance
Tag: relationship problems | male homosexuality | argentina | lgbt | falling out of love | toxic relationship | gay theme | boys' love (bl) |
Cast: Leslie Cheung | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | Chang Chen | Gregory Dayton |

Lai Tiu-Fi e Ho-Po Wing sono innamorati quando lasciano la natìa Hong Kong per recarsi in Argentina. Ma qualcosa non va per il verso giusto infatti, mentre i due si stanno dirigendo verso il sud del paese, Ho-Po Wing abbandona il suo amante. Lai decide di stabilirsi a Buenos Aires, trova lavoro come buttafuori in un tango bar e sta mettendo insieme i soldi per tornare finalmente a casa. Ma un giorno Ho riappare nella sua vita.

Approfondimenti

The film stock was copied multiple times in post production in order increase the grain and contrast [...] D
Restored in 4K in 2019. D
Shirley Kwan filmed several scenes as a supporting character, all of which were removed from the fin [...] D
This film is included in the "World of Wong Kar Wai" film collection, released by Criterion. D
Production lasted much longer than Kar-Wai Wong's other films because he was constantly changing thi [...] D
The names of the two main characters are the names of the film's camera assistants, Po Wing Ho and Y [...] D
This film is included among the "1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die," edited by Steven Schneid [...] D
The first cut of the film was approximately 3 hours long before entire characters and sub-plots were [...] D
Tony Chiu-Wai Leung agreed to do the film on the basis of a fake script. He only learned of the requ [...] D
Chang Chen's storyline was completely improvised. Director Kar-Wai Wong discovered the restaurant, C [...] D
Tony Chiu-Wai Leung (Lai Yiu-fai) and Chang Chen (Chang) later worked together on The Grandmaster (2 [...] D
The story came about because Kar-Wai Wong liked the writings of Manuel Puig, including his book "The [...] D
The film's English title "Happy Together" was taken from a 1967 song by The Turtles. A cover version [...] D
In 2016, the film was ranked the 3rd greatest LGBT film of all time in the British Film Institute po [...] D
Tony Chiu-Wai Leung was unaware that his character does boxing. Director Kar-Wai Wong made Chiu-Wai [...] D
The Chinese title is an idiom that suggests "a glimpse of something intimate." The literal translati [...] D
Ranked the 71st greatest foreign-language film of all time in the critics' poll conducted by the BBC [...] D
Filming in Argentina lasted approximately four months. D
Fearing that it would be difficult to continue making his films in Hong Kong after it was transferre [...] D
The date stamped on the passport in the opening scene roughly lines up with the expiration date on t [...] D