Rent Happy Together (1997)
3.5 of 5 from 140 ratings
1h 34min
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- Synopsis:
- Cult director Wong Kar Wai's first film shot outside of Hong Kong is a spellbinding tribute to blind passion that features two of Asian cinema's biggest stars. Lai (Tony Leung) and Ho (Leslie Cheung) arrive in Argentina as lovers, but while driving south in search of adventures, something goes wrong and Ho leaves for Buenos Aries. Devastated, Lai finds work in a tango bar but is consumed by thoughts of being happy together once more with Ho. A heady cocktail of sound and vision, Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle marry the rythms of Buenos Aries and Frank Zappa's jazz to an astonishing array of images.
- Actors:
- Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chen Chang, Gregory Dayton, Shirley Kwan
- Directors:
- Kar-Wai Wong
- Producers:
- Ye-cheng Chan, Kar-Wai Wong
- Writers:
- Manuel Puig, Kar-Wai Wong
- Aka:
- Chun gwong cha sit
- Studio:
- Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
- Genres:
- Drama, Lesbian & Gay, Romance
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- Countries:
- Hong Kong
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 31/05/2021
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New program in which Wong answers questions submitted by authors Andre Aciman and Jonathan Lethem; filmmakers Sofia Coppola, Rian Johnson, Lisa Joy, and Chloe Zhao; cinematographers Philippe Le Sourd and Bradford Young; and filmmakers and founders/creative directors of Rodarte Kate and Laura Mulleavy
- Extended version of 'The Hand', a 2004 short film by Wong, available in the U.S. for the first time Hua yang de nian hua, a 2000 short film by Wong
- Interview and "cinema lesson" with Wong from 2001
- Several programs featuring interviews with Wong; cinematographer Christopher Doyle; actors Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chang Chen, Faye Wong, and Ziyi Zhang; and others
- Deleted scenes, alternate endings, behind-the-scenes footage, a promo reel, music videos, and trailers
