Chungking Express
A film for people who love films, from Wong Kar-wai, who has been described as ‘the most romantic filmmaker in the world’. Stylised, stylish and seductive for those prepared to surrender to it, this is the seemingly separate but actually cleverly connected and mirrored stories of two lovelorn cops in bustling, colourful Hong Kong, before it was handed back to China.
Directed by Wong Kar-wai.
Stars Takeshi Kaneshiro, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung, Valerie Chow, and Faye Wong.
Hong Kong. In Cantonese, English, Japanese, Hindi, Mandarin, Punjabi, Urdu.
Rated M.
Released 1994.
Runtime 102 minutes.
Stockholm International Film Festival, won Best Actress (Faye Wong), FIPRESCI prize (Wong Kar-Wai). Taipei Golden Horse Awards, won Best Actor (Tony Leung). Hong Kong Film Awards, won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Tony Leung), Best Editing.
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