Chungking Express

1994 | 1h 43min | 8.0

Two hearts searching through Hong Kong's sleepless nights

Chungking Express
8.0

Overview

Wong Kar-wai's 1994 masterwork traces two separate love stories through Hong Kong's neon-soaked streets. A cop nursing heartbreak becomes fixated on a drug smuggler he glimpses in passing, while his colleague develops an unexpected connection with a kindhearted woman who works the graveyard shift at a corner cafe. Their parallel searches for connection unfold against a city that moves too fast to pause for tenderness, capturing longing with visual poetry and melancholic grace.

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  • Director Wong Kar-Wai
  • Year1994
  • Runtime1h 43min
  • StatusReleased
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Chungking Express

1994 | 1h 43min
Comedy | Drama | Romance
★ 8.0
MOVIEVIA.COM
PACING
3.7
Slow Fast
COMPLEXITY
3.6
Casual Mind-Bending
ATMOSPHERE
1.3
Light Dark
VISUALS
4.8
Raw / Indie Epic / CGI
CLEANING • DRUG SMUGGLING • EX-GIRLFRIEND

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