Days of Being Wild (1990)

7.4Not Rated100 minDirector: Wong Kar-wai

1990 Hong Kong film by Wong Kar-wai

Days of Being Wild is a 1990 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-Wai. Starring some of the best-known actors and actresses in Hong Kong, including Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and Tony Leung, the film marks the first collaboration between Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle, with whom he has since made six more films.

It forms the first part of an informal trilogy, together with In the Mood for Love (2000) and 2046 (2004).

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Days of Being Wild about?
Days of Being Wild (1990) — Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother. Hoping to hold onto him, she refuses to divulge the name of his real birth mother. The revelation shakes Yuddy to his ver
Is Days of Being Wild based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Days of Being Wild scary?
Content rating: Not Rated. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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