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Days of Being Wild (1990)
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Wong Kar-Wai's second feature is a brilliant dream of Hong Kong life in 1960. A young man of Shanghainese descent drifts through a series of casual friendships and uncommitted affairs, unconsciously pining for a relationship with his mother, who has started a new life in Manila. He finally takes off for the Philippines, where he sets himself up for the ultimate fall... The terrific, all-star cast enacts this as a series of emotionally unresolved encounters; the swooningly beautiful camera and design work takes its hallucinatory tone from the protagonist's own uncertainties. The mysterious appearance of Tony Leung only in the closing scene heralds a sequel that will sadly never be made. But this is already some kind of masterpiece.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Producer: Rover Tang
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung full cast
Duration: 94 mins
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