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Days of Being Wild streaming

Original title: 阿飛正傳
1990 Movie Hong Kong SAR China Drama, Romance, Crime 94 min FSK 12
By: Wong Kar-wai, Wong Kar-Wai With: Maritoni Fernandez, 張國榮, 梁朝偉, 張曼玉, Andy Lau

Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother. Hoping to hold onto him, she refuses to divulge the name of his real birth mother. The revelation shakes Yuddy to his very core, unleashing a cascade of conflicting emotions. Two women have the bad luck to fall for Yuddy. One is a quiet lass named Su Lizhen who works at a sports arena, while the other is a glitzy showgirl named Mimi. Perhaps due to his unresolved Oedipal issues, he passively lets the two compete for him, unable or unwilling to make a choice. As Lizhen slowly confides her frustration to a cop named Tide, he falls for her. The same is true for Yuddy's friend Zeb, who falls for Mimi. Later, Yuddy learns of his birth mother's whereabouts and heads out to the Philippines.

Filmium rating
74%

Mood

Dark
Melancholic
Romantic

Cast & Crew

Wong Kar-Wai
Jeffrey Lau
張國榮
Elena Lim So
Danilo Antunes
Alicia Alonzo
Andy Lau
Maggie Cheung
梁朝偉
Tita Muñoz
Rebecca Pan
Carina Lau
Chin Tsi-Ang
Leslie Cheung
張曼玉
Mei-Mei Hung
Angela Ponos
Hung Ling-Ling
Maritoni Fernandez
張學友
Nonong Talbo
Jacky Cheung
Tony Leung

Budget

Art-House
Independent

Cinematic Technique

Close-Ups
Colorful Cinematography
Long Takes
Moody Lighting
Slow-Motion
Visual Storytelling

Film Movements

Hong Kong New Wave

Narrative Structure

Episodic
Nonlinear

Pace

Contemplative
Deliberate
Slow-Paced

Runtime

Long Runtime

Soundtrack

70S/80S Hong Kong Music
Moody Score

Style

Cinematic
Poetic
Slow-Paced
Stylized
Surrealism

Time-Period

1960S Hong Kong

Central Conflict

Emotional Turmoil
Identity Crisis
Romantic Disillusionment
Search For Belonging
Search For Biological Mother

Characters

Adoptive Mother
Cabaret Dancer
Ex-Girlfriend
Playboy
Policeman

Ending

Ambiguous
Open-Ended
Poignant

Historical Context

1960S Hong Kong

Key Plot Points

Unfulfilled Love
Yuddy'S Death
Yuddy'S Quest

Plot

Family Secrets
Identity
Romantic Entanglements
Romantic Longing
Search For Identity
Unrequited Love

Setting

1960S Hong Kong
Cultural Backdrop
Urban Environment
Urban Landscape

Shooting Location

Hong Kong
Philippines

Theme

Identity Search
Loneliness
Romantic Longing

Genre

Drama
Romance

Audiences

Adults
Art-House Cinephiles

Titles

Days Of Being Wild

Awards

Hong Kong Film Awards

Box Office Success

Modest Commercial Performance

Critical Reception

91% Rotten Tomatoes
93 Metacritic

Festivals

Hong Kong International Film Festival

Popularity

Cult Following

Ratings

High Critical Ratings

Reception

Award-Winning
Critical Acclaim
Critically Acclaimed
Cult Classic
Cultural Significance
Film Festival Recognition

Production Countries

Hong Kong

Release Year

1990
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