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Happy Together

Original title: Chun gwong cha sit
  • 19971997
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
28K
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POPULARITY
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Leslie Cheung and Tony Chiu-Wai Leung in Chun gwong cha sit (1997)
Home Video Trailer from Kino International
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  • Drama
  • Romance
A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
28K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,700
1,903
  • Director
    • Kar-Wai Wong
  • Writers
    • Manuel Puig(novel: The Buenos Aires Affair)
    • Kar-Wai Wong
  • Stars
    • Leslie Cheung
    • Tony Chiu-Wai Leung
    • Chang Chen
Top credits
  • Director
    • Kar-Wai Wong
  • Writers
    • Manuel Puig(novel: The Buenos Aires Affair)
    • Kar-Wai Wong
  • Stars
    • Leslie Cheung
    • Tony Chiu-Wai Leung
    • Chang Chen
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 102User reviews
    • 54Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 12 wins & 20 nominations

    Videos1

    Happy Together
    Trailer 1:26
    Happy Together

    Photos87

    Leslie Cheung and Tony Chiu-Wai Leung in Chun gwong cha sit (1997)
    Leslie Cheung and Tony Chiu-Wai Leung in Chun gwong cha sit (1997)
    Leslie Cheung and Tony Chiu-Wai Leung in Chun gwong cha sit (1997)
    Chang Chen and Tony Chiu-Wai Leung in Chun gwong cha sit (1997)
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    Leslie Cheung, Jo Johannes, and Tony Chiu-Wai Leung in Chun gwong cha sit (1997)

    Top cast

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    Leslie Cheung
    Leslie Cheung
    • Ho Po-wingas Ho Po-wing
    Tony Chiu-Wai Leung
    Tony Chiu-Wai Leung
    • Lai Yiu-faias Lai Yiu-fai
    Chang Chen
    Chang Chen
    • Changas Chang
    Gregory Dayton
    • Loveras Lover
    Shirley Kwan
    Shirley Kwan
    • (scenes cut)as (scenes cut)
    • Director
      • Kar-Wai Wong
    • Writers
      • Manuel Puig(novel: The Buenos Aires Affair)
      • Kar-Wai Wong
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Tony Chiu-Wai Leung agreed to do the film on the basis of a fake script. He only learned of the requirement of doing a gay sex scene after arriving in Argentina for filming.
    • Goofs
      Before Fai push starts the old car, the engine has already started while it is standing still.
    • Quotes

      Lai Yiu-fai: Turns out that lonely people are all the same.

    • Crazy credits
      In some prints, Jacques Picoux (the French subtitle translator) is listed twice in a row in the closing credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Movie Show: Episode dated 25 May 1997 (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Cucurrucucu Paloma
      by Caetano Veloso

    User reviews102

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Raw, Imperfect, Intense
    "Happy Together" is a depressing film. Yet it's one which I keep coming back to when I feel down and heartbroken.

    Lost souls, lonely, longing, and lovelorn, are staples in the Wong Kar-Wai universe. His best works uncannily portray the beauty and misery of being struck by love and its multiple variations and illusions. His fluid, script-free, improvisational style of work is now legendary and applies well to the unpredictable nature of this subject matter while giving his works a raw, open-ended quality. "Happy Together" is quite probably his rawest work to date and, as a result, one of the most difficult to watch (this honor goes to "Ashes of Time"). The rawness makes it seem organic. It feels as if it's an ever-evolving creature which hides and exposes its multiple facets with each different viewing.

    Argentina sounds like a great romantic escape for most of us but for our couple, Po-wing (Leslie Cheung) and Yiu-fai (Tony Leung), it's a lonely, bleak, melancholic place on the edge of the world. Travelogue film this isn't. Buenos Aires may have initially held romantic promise for them. "Let's start over," Po-wing asks Yiu-fai yet again, and off they go to South America to work things out. Soon, however, the place becomes a physical representation of their relationship. It's claustrophobic and oppressive, something that could've been so beautiful yet one which they now need to escape from. Wong beautifully portrays spectacular Iguazu Falls with mythical significance throughout the film. Initially nothing more than amusing kitsch, it eventually progresses as the defining geographical manifestation of their amorous aspirations. It achieves such heavy, symbolic power, the last time we see it is one of the most memorable scenes in the film.

    If the homosexual angle seems downplayed here, it is to parallel the film's treatment. It's so matter-of-fact it's irrelevant and even embarrassing to make an issue out of it. This is a couple who just happens to be gay. Indeed, there is nothing gay-specific about the film, the couple may well have been straight and it wouldn't make a difference at all.

    "Happy Together" is such a vivid examination of a relationship, it's occasionally painful to watch. The emotional authenticity, however, makes it quite absorbing. Wong Kar-Wai often aims for the heart and, with the possible exception of "In the Mood for Love", he's never been closer to his target.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 30, 1997 (Hong Kong)
    • Countries of origin
      • Hong Kong
      • Japan
      • South Korea
    • Languages
      • Cantonese
      • Spanish
      • English
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Cheun Gwong Tsa Sit
    • Filming locations
      • Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
    • Production companies
      • Block 2 Pictures
      • Jet Tone Production
      • Prénom H Co. Ltd.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $4,200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $320,319
    • Gross worldwide
      • $767,127
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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