Days of Being Wild

Movie

1990

1h 34m

Cantonese

Crime, Drama, Romance

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7.6

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Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

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Days of Being Wild

Movie

1990

1h 34m

Cantonese

Crime, Drama, Romance

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Watch on The Criterion Channel

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

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Cast

Yuddy

Tide

Su Li-zhen

Leung Fung-ying

Zeb

Rebecca

Chow Mo-wan

Hotel Maid

Housekeeper

Yuddy's Mother

Nurse

Prostitute

Rebecca's Lover

Hotel Manageress

Amah

Train Conductor

Directed By: Wong Kar-wai

Written By: Wong Kar-wai, Jeffrey Lau

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ismamzaman says...

3 years ago

An atmospheric film, with great cinematography and direction, but was a bit unaffecting due to the bland characters.

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guzzlima says...

4 months ago

A melancholic atmosphere, blurred colors and images like a dream. The story is great, very focused on relationships, but in a more aggressive and visceral way, some scenes even have an uncomfortable impact. The dynamics of the characters are phenomenal, with excellent and convincing performances, the camera movement and the shots promote greater immersion in the scenes, all very fluid and peculiar.

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manicure says...

2 years ago

Suburban portraits of lonely people united by refusal, who sometimes chase each other, sometimes bump into each other, and sometimes merely pass by one another. With his second feature, Wong Kar-Wai already found all the right coordinates and trademarks of what would reach full form in his later masterpieces, including Chris’ languid camerawork, white tank tops, and Latin-American songs. Then why the low score? I don’t know, but I felt a little disconnected from the characters, especially toward the end when there were some inconsistencies with the tone. You could probably skip this unless you are a huge fan.

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miguelreina says...

4 years ago

[Filmin, 4K] Dreams and memories in lonely interiors. "You will see me in your dreams," Yuddy says to Su Li. Or maybe she is part of a dream. Memory and the passing of time, a minute that passes and that is already part of the memories. Latin sweat in a love story without love. There is a sense of doom at all times, a life that goes on out of necessity, like that of the legless bird that must keep flying. Like the tragic ending of Leslie Cheung. It is not a poem yet, but Wong Kar Wai begins to write beautiful verses.

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2016moonlight

8/10 4 years ago

>_“I've heard that there's a kind of bird without legs that can only fly and fly, and sleep in the wind when it is tired. The bird only lands once in its life... that's when it dies.”_

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CinemaSerf

2 years ago

I suppose you might call the dashingly handsome "Yuddy" (Leslie Cheung) a bit of a Lothario. He has good looks and charm, and he sails through life thinking only of himself. His ideal existence comes to a bit of an abrupt halt, though, when his alcoholic courtesan of a mother "Rebecca" (Rebecca Pan) More

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