Chung Hing Sam Lam (1994)
Genre: Drama / Romance
Duration: 98 minuten / 102 minuten (internationale versie)
Alternative titles: Chungking Express / 重慶森林
Country:
Hong-Kong
Directed by: Kar-Wai Wong
Stars: Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia, Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Faye Wong
IMDb score:
7,9 (114.806)
Releasedate: 14 July 1994
Chung Hing Sam Lam plot
"What a difference a day makes."
The story of two police officers who are weighed down by love. The first part of the film is about agent 223, whose relationship with his girlfriend is broken. For 1 month he buys a can of pineapple every day with the expiry date May 1, with the reason that at the end of the month they are reunited or their love has also reached the expiry date. The second part is about Agent 663 talking to his furniture after his relationship with a flight attendant ends.
Actors and actresses
Ho Chi-mo / Cop 223
Woman in Blonde Wig
Cop 663
Faye
Air Hostess
Owner of Eatery
May
K Store Clerk
Replacement for Cop 663
Stewardess' New Boyfriend
Reviews & comments
Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
What a daring and unusual plot of a film that seems to bend towards a typical 'Chinese crime film', but never actually comes to that. The film ends by focusing on two police officers who are more tangled with their love lives than with street crime.
I thought both parts were good and on the same level. Both funny and playful. The one who is hopelessly looking for love, the other who simply does not see it. It is a charming film with excellent camera use, flashy and tender. Particularly attractive too. Busy Hong Kong, like the minds of the two unfortunates, is disturbed and chaotic.
Not that I really liked it all, but it has been a nice viewing experience. Fascinating enough with a great soundtrack here and there, but it's not a masterpiece or the cult status it gets to me. Just fine and that's good enough.
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Film Pegasus (moderator films)
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- 31491 messages
- 5627 votes
If you mainly know Wong Kar-wai from his later films, this takes some getting used to. It's an MTV version of his movies, but he was also a bit younger. Visually the weather is wonderful, but I miss the dreamy of eg In the mood for love or My Blueberry Nights. Chungking Express is a two-part film and actually I'm only part of the film from the 2nd part. But even if it is a bit more distant (that's how I experience it anyway), this is quite a creative film where enough happens. The man has clearly grown over the years.
Translated from Dutch · View original
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