Happy Together
1997 · Movie · NR · 96 min · ★ 7.6 · 77% critics
Two men travel from Hong Kong to Argentina trying to revive their relationship, but their bond soon starts to unravel. As their lives drift apart, the trip brings emotional turbulence, loneliness, and new routines that don’t quite lead back to where they hoped to be.
Also known as Chun guang zha xie · Buenos Aires Affair
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Details
- Original title
- 春光乍洩
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-05-30
- Language
- CN
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Critic score
- 77/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (800 votes)
- Box office
- $767,127
About
You’ll like Happy Together if you enjoy emotionally tense, atmosphere-heavy relationship dramas with a striking look and an immersive sense of restlessness; Not for you if you need a clear, conventional plot or quick emotional payoff, and similar titles include Chungking Express and 2046.
Pros: atmospheric Argentina; strong performances; striking look | Cons: relationship focus; slow/uneven for some; hard to fully engage
Themes
- relationship problems
- male homosexuality
- argentina
- lgbt
- falling out of love
- toxic relationship
- gay theme
- boys' love (bl)
Cast & crew
Leslie Cheung
as Ho Po-wing
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
as Lai Yiu-fai
Chang Chen
as Chang
- GD
Gregory Dayton
as Lover
Directed by Wong Kar-Wai