Happy Together

Happy Together (1997)

Genres - Drama, Romance  |   Sub-Genres - Gay & Lesbian Films, Romantic Drama  |   Release Date - Oct 10, 1997 (USA - Limited), Oct 10, 1997 (USA - Unknown)  |   Run Time - 92 min.  |   Countries - Hong Kong  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur

Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai directs the strange, intimate drama Cheun Gwong Tsa Sit (Happy Together). Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle employed multiple film speeds and different color film stock during the shooting. Ho (Leslie Cheung) and Lai (Tony Leung) are lovers from Hong Kong who have run away to live in Buenas Aires, Argentina. However, Ho is immature and unwilling to settle down, which makes Lai depressed. When they break up, Lai works as a doorman in a tango bar in order to save money and go home. The restless Ho becomes a prostitute. After Ho is beaten and injured in an attack, Lai takes him to his apartment to recover. Ho tries to rekindle the romance, but Lai isn't interested. He leaves the tango bar and works in a kitchen, where he meets the young Chang (Chang Chen) from Taiwan.

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Keywords

relationship, homosexual, love, gay-bashing, loneliness, break-up [romantic], prostitute/prostitution, Argentina, assault, seduction, friendship, romance

Attributes

High Artistic Quality, High Production Values