In a Wong Kar-wai film, the most romantic gesture in the entire world is cleaning your crush's apartment.
Directed by Wong Kar-Wai
春光乍洩
A critically acclaimed, atmospheric drama.
A couple travels from Hong Kong to Argentina to revive their relationship but experience turbulence when both men's lives drift in separate directions.
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In a Wong Kar-wai film, the most romantic gesture in the entire world is cleaning your crush's apartment.
"say something."wong kar-wai films are almost always about yearning; about wanting someone you can't have. happy together is the opposite. it's about having someone you don't want, and loving them even though they're bad for you. it's about wanting something new but not wanting to leave the past behind. it's ugly and loud and aggressive. they yell and argue and tear each other apart when they're together, then silently cry when they're apart. but then, every once in a while, they dance. they hold each other close and feel each other's skin. they're happy, even if only for the briefest moments. "let's start over," he whispers. and they do. and it repeats. the anger, the frustration - all of it. even in moments of escape they are still not happy. not really. and that's what makes it wong kar-wai's most devastating film.
every time the dancing scene crosses my mind I cry like a little homo baby.
The film follows a couple from Hong Kong who travel to Argentina hoping to reconcile their turbulent relationship, only to drift further apart in a foreign land.
It was directed by the acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai in 1997, a director celebrated for his distinct visual style and themes of longing.
Yes, Wong Kar-Wai won the Best Director award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival for this work.
