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Fallen Angels

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Lost souls reach out for human connection amidst the glimmering night world of Hong Kong in Wong Kar Wai’s hallucinatory, neon-soaked nocturne. Originally conceived as a segment of Chungking Express only to spin off on its own woozy axis, this hyper-cool head rush plays like the dark, moody flip side to Wong’s breakout feature as it charts the subtly interlacing fates of a handful of urban loners, including a coolly detached hitman (Leon Lai) looking to go straight, his business partner (Michelle Reis) who secretly yearns for him, and a mute delinquent (Takeshi Kaneshiro) who wreaks mischief by night. Swinging between hardboiled noir and slapstick lunacy with giddy abandon, Fallen Angels is both a dizzying, dazzling city symphony and a poignant meditation on love, loss, and longing in a metropolis that never sleeps.

  • Year
    1995
  • Runtime
    99 minutes
  • Language
    Cantonese
  • Country
    Hong Kong
  • Director
    Wong Kar Wai
  • Screenwriter
    Wong Kar Wai
  • Producer
    Jeffrey Lau
  • Executive Producer
    Norman Law Man, Jacky Yee Wah Pang,
  • Cast
    Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro
  • Cinematographer
    Christopher Doyle
  • Editor
    William Chang
  • Production Design
    William Chang
  • Composer
    Frankie Chan