Happy Together

Happy Together

  • Director: Kar-Wai Wong
  • Writer: Manuel Puig,Kar-Wai Wong
  • Countries of origin: Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea
  • Language: Cantonese, Spanish, English, Mandarin
  • Release date: May 30, 1997
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Cheun Gwong Tsa Sit
  • "Happy Together" is a feature film directed by Wong Kar-wai and starring Leslie Cheung , Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Zhang zhen . It was released in Hong Kong, China on May 30, 1997.
    The film tells the story of a pair of gay men who went to South America to play because they lost their way and stayed in Buenos Aires. After that, the two broke up because of a series of contradictions. In 1997, the film was nominated for the official competition of the 50th Cannes International Film Festival. Wong Kar-wai won the Best Director Award at the 50th Cannes International Film Festival   . Tony Leung Chiu Wai won the Best Actor in the 17th Hong Kong Film Awards  .

    Details

    • Release date May 30, 1997
    • Filming locations Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
    • Production companies Block 2 Pictures, Jet Tone Production, Prénom H Co. Ltd.

    Box office

    Budget

    $4,200,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $320,319

    Gross worldwide

    $586,139

    Movie reviews

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    • By Alfonso 2022-06-13 14:06:45

      Happy Together--The Love Story Of Two Men

      I watched this movie when I was in high school. Read it three times. It's the second movie I've seen.I have always liked Wong Kar-wai's movies; the shaky shots, the blurred plots, and the stories that linger in people's hearts.two men.A bed, an old lamp. An exotic trip A says that no matter where Liang goes, he is stumped by him.Let's start over.The story goes back and forth, and the protagonist divides and merges. But it...

    • By Obie 2022-04-24 07:01:18

      how i wish it was unfinished

      After watching it, for countless moments, the warm and ambiguous tones in it flashed back in my mind like movie footage.
      They are not together. This ending seems very old-fashioned, but it still stabbed me like a needle, and I didn't cry. But I felt that I couldn't breathe for a long time, and a large piece of stuff was pressing in my heart, which made me extremely depressed.
      I remember that not long after I saw the beginning, He Baorong was looking at Li Yaohui in the rearview mirror...

    • By Antonette 2022-04-24 07:01:18

      Zhang Zhen - the god of love in the light of spring

      When the Iguazu Falls like a rolling volcano poured down in front of you, when the psychedelic male voice sounded, ayaayaya. Wong Kar Wai is charming, he can catch you in an instant and never forget it for a lifetime. The beginning of this psychedelic is always melancholy and depressing, but the happy together at the end can sweep away the haze, and when I hear happy together, I feel a sense of revenge, and it seems that I want to forget all love and hatred. Afterwards, run as fast as you can....

    • By Hilton 2022-04-24 07:01:18

      We are all the same when we are lonely

      Each of us has a hole in our heart. When we are lonely, this hole begins to open, and we need external material and spiritual things to fill the hole. At the same time, we also naturally take comfort from our fellow human beings, either physically or spiritually. And most of the lovers happened to find such a person that I need your comfort, and you also need my comfort, so they are close to each other and complement each other. So it seems that Li Yaohui can fill He Baorong's loneliness,...

    • By Burley 2022-04-24 07:01:18

      Hong Kong that can't go back

      After watching the film on the big screen at the Beijing Film Festival, I carefully sorted out my feelings for Wong Kar-wai's films, and found that according to the chronology of the film creation of the sunglasses, the film was the last one that I could fall in love with wholeheartedly. The Wong Kar Wai movies. Although I have always advertised myself as a fan of Wong Kar-Wai's brain, I have to admit that it may be Wong Kar-Wai's last masterpiece in the true sense. This is not to be...

    User comments

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    • By Dayne 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Why don't we start...

    • By Kaitlin 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      In fact, if it weren't for those people in our lives, we would never be who we are...

    • By Alda 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Wang Jiawei and Xing Haicheng have the biggest thing in common: the works all depend on the audience's...

    • By Alisa 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      Wang Jiawei, Leslie Cheung, Liang Chaowei, Zhang Zhen, Du Kefeng, Zhang Shuping, Du Duzhi... Some movies have long been more than...

    • By Dillon 2022-03-28 09:01:08

      I finally understand why I can walk around so happily, because at least there is a place to come...

    Movie plot

    He Baorong and Lai Yaohui are a pair of homosexuals, and they both travel to Argentina to play together. He Baorong bought an old table lamp from the stall. The waterfall on the lampshade fascinated the two of them. Finally, the two learned that it was the Iguazu Falls. Aires. The good times didn't last long. He Baorong thought that Li Yaohui was too dull. Tired of living like this, he left Li Yaohui without saying a word during the...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    During the filming of "Happy Together", Leslie Cheung was infected with amoeba bacteria and suffered from diarrhea every day   .
    The original story of the film is that He Baorong came to Argentina to deal with the aftermath of his father, but unexpectedly discovered that his father had a same-sex lover in the local area, and his curiosity made him want to associate with the same sex. Later, because Wong Kar-wai changed his mind, the...
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    Evaluation action

    The reason why "Happy Together" is regarded as a classic of literary romance films, in addition to the affectionate interpretation of Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu Wai, is also closely related to the film's unique artistic attainments. The film does not emphasize story and drama, and has a strong impressionism and perceptualization. The soul of a foreign country drifts away, the noise at the bottom of the society, and the...
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    Movie quotes

    • Ho Po-wing: Do you regret being with me?

      Lai Yiu-fai: Damn right I do! I had no regrets until I met you. Now my regrets could kill me.

    • Ho Po-wing: Lai Yiu-fai... we could start over.

    • Lai Yiu-fai: I didn't see Chang, but I saw his family. I finally understood how he could be happy running around so free. It's because he has a place he can always return to.