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Director:
Kar Wai Wong
Writer:
Kar Wai Wong (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2 May 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Two parallel stories of Wah caught in the mist of a love affair with his beloved cousin, Ngor and his relationship with his triad brother, Fly, who seems to never far out of trouble. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 8 nominations more
User Comments:
Equally Watchable As "A Better Tomorrow"! more (17 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Andy Lau ... Wah

Maggie Cheung ... Ngor
Jacky Cheung ... Fly
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Chang
Kau Lam ... Kung
Alex Man ... Tony
Ronald Wong ... Site
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
As Tears Go By (International: English title)
Carmen of the Streets
Mongkok Carmen (literal English title)
Rexie Naner
Wang jiao ka men (China: Mandarin title)
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Runtime:
102 min
Country:
Hong Kong
Language:
Cantonese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Wah's facial bruises shift tremendously near the final scene from the time he got on the bus to the time he met Fly. more
Quotes:
Wah: People like us don't have tomorrows more
Soundtrack:
Take My Breath Away more

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9 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
Equally Watchable As "A Better Tomorrow"!, 15 July 2000
Author: CHI-14 (chil_man@email.com) from Hong Kong

Two superstars who dominated the Hong Kong art movies in 90's were produced by this movie, Kar-Wai Wong and Maggie Cheung, although to a large extent "As Tears Go By" is a commercial movie. Maggie Cheung has said it was the first time she knew acting was something beyond making simple expression. Before "As Tears Go By", she was a "vase" rather than a professional actress. The story talks about two gangsters and their friendship. Very typical style of Hong Kong gangster movies. But with a good script and a good director, the movie is indeed very watchable. Wong made the movie visually very attractive. The camera movement and angle are remarkable and in fact have showed the style we can see later in Wong's "Chungking Express"(1994). Equally outstanding is the description to the characters especially the one played by Jacky Cheung - a loser who are willing to give up his life in order to obtain a very short-term respect. All the actors performed very well. The style is very different from that of other gangster movies. May not be better than, but at least equally watchable as "A Better Tomorrow" of John Woo and absolutely a movie worth seeing.

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