Chungking Express

(1994)

★ 8 IMDb · 2,273 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Year: 1994

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: Hong Kong

Director: Вон Ка-Вай

Cast: 林青霞, 金城武, Тони Люн Чу-Вай, Faye Wong, 周嘉玲, 陳錦泉, Kwan Lee-na, Leung San, Zhiming Huang, Liang Zhen

Plot

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant.

Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color. The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month. By the end of that time, he feels that he will either be rejoined with his love or that it too will have expired forever. The second half shows Cop 663 dealing with his breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He talks to his apartment furnishings until he meets a new girl at a local lunch counter.