if you are longing for that fuzzy, neon lit niche between wong kar-wai melodrama and john woo’s heroic bloodshed, then patrick tam is your man!
Directed by Patrick Tam Kar-Ming
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose
殺手蝴蝶夢
An atmospheric, acclaimed action.
Action
Crime
Drama
Romance
1989
1h 31m
3.8(9.3k)via LetterboxdKenny Bee + 4 more
The fallout resulting from a botched Triad gang smuggling job forces a young couple to separate - she becomes a kingpin’s unwilling moll and he travels to the Philippines to work as a contract killer. Six years later, the two are reunited in a chance encounter, but their rekindled emotions and people from their past lead them into extreme danger.
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6What people say
Rarely have I ever felt the fear of the ordinary as I do here. Just an ordinary man. An ordinary face. An ordinary smile that bares such ordinary words. Somehow, without ever veering into the territory of the fantastical or supernatural, Patrick Tam is able to capture the most ordinary of things and make us feel deeply, animalistically, unsafe. A hand opening a car door as a pair of legs sprawls forth drove me to anxiety as the ensuing synth drones lulled me into a state of catatonic fight-or-flight. Bliss. Bullet in my head before I even blinked. There's ultimately nothing more here than what are ordinary acts done by ordinary people and it is as such that they become extraordinarily horrifying."You are not a human being.""Yes, I'm God."
What do you get when you add God-tier level cinematography, a synth heavy score, a straightforward plot (!) with a perfect mix of action, drama and romance, and actors giving it their bloody all? A frickin' Hong Kong classic, that's what! First The Sword and now this; I am convinced of Patrick Tam's genius.
Common questions
What is My Heart Is That Eternal Rose about?+
A botched Triad smuggling job separates a young couple, leading them down dangerous paths before a fateful reunion years later.
Who directed My Heart Is That Eternal Rose?+
Patrick Tam directed the 1989 Hong Kong romantic crime drama.
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