We are delighted that James Mudge of FOCUS HONG KONG will record an exclusive introduction to all screenings of this film. See more at https://focushongkong.uk/
Ticketholders to this special show can also enjoy a complimentary Dim Sum taster selection of dumpling and a jasmine tea; served in the cinema foyer from 30 minutes before the screening start time.
HAPPY TOGETHER
One of the most searing romances of the 1990s, Wong Kar Wai’s emotionally raw, lushly stylized portrait of a relationship in breakdown casts Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung as a couple traveling through Argentina and locked in a turbulent cycle of infatuation and destructive jealousy as they break up, make up, and fall apart again and again. Setting out to depict the dynamics of a queer relationship with empathy and complexity on the cusp of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong—when the country’s LGBT community suddenly faced an uncertain future—Wong crafts a feverish look at the life cycle of a love affair that’s by turns devastating and deliriously romantic.
Shot by ace cinematographer Christopher Doyle in both luminous monochrome and luscious saturated colour, Happy Together is an intoxicating exploration of displacement and desire that swoons with the ache and exhilaration of love at its heart-tearing extremes.
The Melodrama Wong-Karwai-style season at Riverside, part of the BFI “Too Much: Melodrama on Film” season:
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 25TH ANNIVERSARY + INTRO & DUMPLINGS & JASMINE TEA - 9 October
HAPPY TOGETHER + DIM SUM & TEA & INTRO - 12 October
2046 + DIM SUM & TEA & INTRO - 19 October
ONLY £60!: 6 free cinema tickets, 10% off all tickets at Riverside, 10% off our various bars & bakery, free popcorn every cinema visit, no booking fees, AND MUCH MORE
