A Fei zheng chuan (1990)

Director:

Kar Wai Wong

Writer:

Kar Wai Wong (writer)

Release Date:

15 December 1990 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute...

Plot Keywords:

1960s | Philippines | Unrequited Love | Teenage Boy | Oedipus Complex

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Leslie Cheung	...	Yuddy
Maggie Cheung	...	Su Li-zhen
Andy Lau	...	Tide
Carina Lau	...	Leung Fung-ying
Rebecca Pan	...	Rebecca (as Tik-Wa Poon)
Jacky Cheung	...	Zeb
Danilo Antunes	...	Rebecca's Lover
Mei-Mei Hung	...	The Amah
Ling-Hung Ling	...	Nurse
Tita Muñoz	...	Yuddy's Mother
Alicia Alonzo	...	Housekeeper
Elena Lim So	...	Hotel Manageress
Maritoni Fernandez	...	Hotel Maid
Angela Ponos	...	Prostitute
Nonong Talbo	...	Train Conductor

Also Known As:

Days of Being Wild (Hong Kong: English title) (USA)
Ah Fei ching chuen (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Ah Fei's Story
The True Story of Ah Fei (literal English title)

Runtime:

UK:94 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese | Shanghainese | Tagalog | English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG (original rating) | UK:12 | Finland:K-11 (2006) | Finland:K-18 (2002) (self applied) | Sweden:11 | Brazil:18 | South Korea:15 | USA:Unrated | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

In-Gear Film

Trivia:

Su Lizhen also appears in another Kar Wai Wong's film Fa yeung nin wa (2000). Both Su Lizhens are played by Maggie Cheung, although it has never been clearly indicated that both Lizhens are the same character.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Tide checks into the hotel, the hotel manageress hands him the key to Room 206. However, in the next scene, Tide uses the key to enter Room 204. This, however, may not be so much a 'goof' as another recurrence of the number '2046' seen so often in Wong Kar-Wai's films.

Quotes:

Yuddy: What day's today?
Su Lizhen: 16th.
Yuddy: 16th... April the 16th. At one minute before 3pm on April the 16th, 1960, you're together with me. Because of you, I'll remember that one minute. From now on, we're friends for one minute. This is a fact, you can't deny. It's done.

Movie Connections:

References Taxi Driver (1976)

Soundtrack:

Always In My Heart

Change my view toward cinema

I have heard a lot ppl criticizing WKW of being artsy. I'd agree with them in a certain degree since WKW definitely is not a director who has a public appeal. However, this does not mean WKW directed anything so different fm human emotion that ppl have hard time understanding it. On the contrary, this is the first film that i think perfectly capture human emotion. Like Camus's Strangers, WKW has always present the world as alienated, but unlike Camus, WKW gives hope in his film. I first watch the time of being wild when i was about 12, I didn't like it. 4 years later, after i thought i watch enough films to make any kind of judgment, i knew this will always be among my top 10 list of all time. Every character in this film is a sole creation of human nature. The pain and happiness are expressed so cleverly in this film that i think when ppl calling this film pretentious, i'd say they just do not understand it. My suggestion is before you watch any of WKW's film, calm yourself down and watch it alone. It will surely open your eyes to how much cinema can do to one's life