CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1994
Chungking Express posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1994 1h 42m HKG

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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CINEHUNCH / COMING ATTRACTIONS

Chungking Express — the trailer.

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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Its playful episodic structure, food-counter intimacy, eccentric side stories, and buoyant romanticism make it a lighter cousin to Chungking Express’s collage of lonely city lives.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Faye Wong

Faye Wong

Faye

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Cop 663

Brigitte Lin

Brigitte Lin

Woman in Blonde Wig

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Takeshi Kaneshiro

He Zhiwu, Cop 223

Jinquan Chen

Manager of 'Midnight Express'

Valerie Chow

Valerie Chow

Air Hostess