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Days of Being Wild

1990 · 94 min

A languid, humid drift through heartbreak and longing, all green shadows, cigarette smoke and missed connections that lingers like a song you can't shake.

Directed by: Wong Kar-wai
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance
Starring: Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, Andy Lau Tak-wah

Tagline: You can hold me, but not my heart.
Overview: Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, cynical and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Love, identity, isolation, loneliness
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Directed by: Wong Kar-wai
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance
Starring: Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, Andy Lau Tak-wah

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
identity
isolation
loneliness
memory
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild