Cinema
Chungking Express
重慶森林
Wong Kar-wai · 1994
Synopsis
In Hong Kong, two stories of policemen who have been left follow one another around the same snack bar. Cop 223, whom May left on 1 April, buys a can of pineapple every day that expires on 1 May, his birthday, and crosses paths with a woman in a blonde wig, a drug smuggler whose deal has gone wrong. Cop 663, left by a flight attendant, comes to the snack bar every evening, where the waitress Faye falls secretly in love with him; the flight attendant leaves a letter for him there, along with the keys to his flat.
Context
Wong Kar-wai wrote and shot the film during a break in the editing of another, when the script was not finished: he wrote the second story in a single day. The cinematography is by Christopher Doyle and Andrew Lau. Released in Hong Kong on 14 July 1994, it was released in France on 22 March 1995; in the United States, it was distributed in 1996 by Quentin Tarantino's company, Rolling Thunder Pictures, linked to Miramax.
Who it is for
A film of ninety-eight minutes, in Cantonese, in two almost independent stories; released in France in 1995.
Prizes and reception
At the 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards it received the prizes for best film, best director, best actor (Tony Leung) and editing.
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