Fallen Angels

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A spiritual sequel to Chungking Express

Hong Kong | 1995 | Cantonese language with Chinese and English subtitles | Action/Drama/Romance | M

Wong Kar Wai’s fifth feature follows the blueprint of his earlier film Chungking Express, intertwining neo-noir comedy-drama narratives of  urban loners as they crash headlong across the streets of Hong Kong.

Lost souls reach out for human connection amidst the glimmering night world of Hong Kong in Wong Kar Wai’s hallucinatory, neon-soaked nocturne. Originally conceived as a segment of Chungking Express only to spin off on its own woozy axis, this hyper-cool head rush plays like the dark, moody flip side to Wong’s breakout feature as it charts the subtly interlacing fates of a handful of urban loners, including a coolly detached hitman (Leon Lai) looking to go straight, his business partner (Michelle Reis) who secretly yearns for him, and a mute delinquent (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who wreaks mischief by night. Swinging between hardboiled noir and slapstick lunacy with giddy abandon, Fallen Angels is both a dizzying, dazzling city symphony and a poignant meditation on love, loss, and longing in a metropolis that never sleeps.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

Event details

An exhilarating rush of a movie, with all manner of go-for-broke visual bravura.

Los Angeles Times

Credits

Wong Kar Wai
Director

Christopher Doyle
Cinematographer

Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro
as He Zhiwu

Michelle Reis
The Killer’s Agent

Leon Lai
Wong Chi-Ming

Charlie Yeung
Cherry, Charlie

Karen Mok
Punkie, Blondie

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Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

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