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Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild is a 1990 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Starring some of the best-known actors and actresses in Hong Kong, including Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and Tony Leung, the film marks the first collaboration between Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle, with whom he has since made six more films.
It forms the first part of an informal trilogy, together with In the Mood for Love (2000) and 2046 (2004).
In 1960 Hong Kong, Yuddy, a smooth-talking playboy, seduces South China AA box office attendant Li-zhen but is uninterested in a serious relationship, leaving her heartbroken. He moves on to a new relationship with vivacious cabaret dancer Mimi. Yuddy's friend Zeb is also attracted to Mimi, but it is not mutual. Yuddy has a tense relationship with his adoptive mother, Rebecca, a former prostitute, who has long refused to reveal his birth mother's identity.
Li-zhen finds solace in Tide, a policeman who does his rounds near Yuddy's apartment. Tide dreams of being a sailor but remains a policeman so that he can stay and look after his ailing mother. Li-zhen talks about her failed love affair, her successful cousin's impending marriage, and missing her home in Macau. She promises Tide a free ticket to a football match of his choice, and Tide tells her to call him on a phone booth he passes every night if she needs someone to talk to. After his mother dies, Tide leaves Hong Kong to become a sailor.
Rebecca eventually relents and tells Yuddy that his birth mother lives in the Philippines. Yuddy leaves to find her, giving his car to Zeb and without informing Mimi. A distraught Mimi resolves to follow him. Zeb, his love still unrequited, sells Yuddy's car to finance her trip and asks her to come back to him if she does not find Yuddy. Yuddy finds his mother's house but she refuses to see him.
Tide, on a stopover in the Philippines, finds a drunk Yuddy passed out on the street and brings him to his hotel room. Yuddy does not recognise him but accepts his assistance. He gets into a fight at the railway station over payment for a fake American passport and stabs a man. Tide saves him and they escape aboard a train. Tide asks him if he recalls what happened on 16 April 1960 at 3 p.m., which Yuddy asked Li-zhen to remember at the start of their courtship. Yuddy says that he does, but tells Tide it would be best to tell Li-zhen that he does not. Tide returns from a conversation with the train conductor to find Yuddy shot to death.
A final sequence shows Mimi arriving in the Philippines, Li-zhen closing up at the ticket stall and a phone at the booth ringing. The movie ends with a shot of a slick young man, smoking and readying himself in a darkened room.
Days of Being Wild grossed HK$9,751,942 in its Hong Kong run, a number that became typical for Wong Kar Wai's films. With the starry cast, this figure was considered a disappointment. Still, the film was successful enough to warrant a parody (The Days of Being Dumb, which also featured Tony Leung and Jacky Cheung), and now routinely tops Hong Kong critics' lists of the best local productions.
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Days of Being Wild
Days of Being Wild is a 1990 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Starring some of the best-known actors and actresses in Hong Kong, including Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and Tony Leung, the film marks the first collaboration between Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle, with whom he has since made six more films.
It forms the first part of an informal trilogy, together with In the Mood for Love (2000) and 2046 (2004).
In 1960 Hong Kong, Yuddy, a smooth-talking playboy, seduces South China AA box office attendant Li-zhen but is uninterested in a serious relationship, leaving her heartbroken. He moves on to a new relationship with vivacious cabaret dancer Mimi. Yuddy's friend Zeb is also attracted to Mimi, but it is not mutual. Yuddy has a tense relationship with his adoptive mother, Rebecca, a former prostitute, who has long refused to reveal his birth mother's identity.
Li-zhen finds solace in Tide, a policeman who does his rounds near Yuddy's apartment. Tide dreams of being a sailor but remains a policeman so that he can stay and look after his ailing mother. Li-zhen talks about her failed love affair, her successful cousin's impending marriage, and missing her home in Macau. She promises Tide a free ticket to a football match of his choice, and Tide tells her to call him on a phone booth he passes every night if she needs someone to talk to. After his mother dies, Tide leaves Hong Kong to become a sailor.
Rebecca eventually relents and tells Yuddy that his birth mother lives in the Philippines. Yuddy leaves to find her, giving his car to Zeb and without informing Mimi. A distraught Mimi resolves to follow him. Zeb, his love still unrequited, sells Yuddy's car to finance her trip and asks her to come back to him if she does not find Yuddy. Yuddy finds his mother's house but she refuses to see him.
Tide, on a stopover in the Philippines, finds a drunk Yuddy passed out on the street and brings him to his hotel room. Yuddy does not recognise him but accepts his assistance. He gets into a fight at the railway station over payment for a fake American passport and stabs a man. Tide saves him and they escape aboard a train. Tide asks him if he recalls what happened on 16 April 1960 at 3 p.m., which Yuddy asked Li-zhen to remember at the start of their courtship. Yuddy says that he does, but tells Tide it would be best to tell Li-zhen that he does not. Tide returns from a conversation with the train conductor to find Yuddy shot to death.
A final sequence shows Mimi arriving in the Philippines, Li-zhen closing up at the ticket stall and a phone at the booth ringing. The movie ends with a shot of a slick young man, smoking and readying himself in a darkened room.
Days of Being Wild grossed HK$9,751,942 in its Hong Kong run, a number that became typical for Wong Kar Wai's films. With the starry cast, this figure was considered a disappointment. Still, the film was successful enough to warrant a parody (The Days of Being Dumb, which also featured Tony Leung and Jacky Cheung), and now routinely tops Hong Kong critics' lists of the best local productions.