Ho Po-wing ans Lai Yu-fai are lovers. They are in Argentina and are traveling in an old jalopy to the Iguazu waterfalls. During the trip, Ho leaves Lai. Lai gets a job as a doorman at the Bar Sur in Buenos Aires and lives in a rented room. While at work one evening, Lai meets Ho and his new lover, a rich American. Ho tries to get back together with Lai, but he refuses. One night, Ho knocks on Lai’s door: he has been badly beaten. Lai takes him to the hospital, and then brings him back to his room to nurse him back to health. They become lovers again.
Happy together
Chun Guang Zha Xie
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- Direction: Wong Kar-Wai
- Script: Wong Kar-wai, adapted from the novel
- Cinematography: Christopher Doyle
- Editing: William Chang, Wong Ming-Lam
- Sound: Leung Chi-tat, Tu Duu-Chih
- Music: Daniel Chung
- Actors: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Leslie Cheung, Chang Chen, Gregory Dayton, Shirley Kwan
- Production: Jet Tone Productions
- Producers: Wong Kar-wai
- Costumes: William Chang
- Sets: William Chang
- Format: DCP
- Color: B&W
- Production Country: Hong Kong
- Production Year: 1997
- Duration: 97'
Wong Kar-Wai
He was born in Shanghai and grew up in Hong Kong. The "enfant terrible" of Hong Kong cinema, his two previous films competed in Cannes: "Happy Together" won him the Best Director award in 1997 and "In the Mood for Love" was presented in 2000 and won Tony Leung the Best Actor prize.
Filmography
(English titles)
1988 As Tears Go By
1990 Days of Being Wild
1994 Ashes of Time Chungking Express
1995 Fallen Angels
1997 Happy Together
2000 In the Mood for Love
2004 2046
