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Chungking Express
(1994)
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98 min - 
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Cast
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Brigitte Lin | ... |
Woman in blonde wig
(as Ching-hsia Lin)
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| Tony Leung Chiu Wai | ... |
Cop 663
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Faye Wong | ... | |
| Takeshi Kaneshiro | ... | ||
| Valerie Chow | ... |
Air Hostess
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Chen Jinquan | ... | |
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Lee-na Kwan | ... |
Richard
(as Guan Lina)
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Zhiming Huang | ... |
Man
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Liang Zhen | ... |
The 2nd May
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Songshen Zuo | ... |
Man
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Storyline
Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color. The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month. By the end of that time, he feels that he will either be rejoined with his love or that it too will have expired forever. The second half shows Cop 663 dealing with his breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He talks to his apartment furnishings until he meets a new girl at a local lunch counter. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
If my memory of her has an expiration date, let it be 10,000 years...Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for some violence, sexuality and drug content See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
Hong KongLanguage:
Cantonese | English (only a few words) | Japanese (only a few words) | Hindi (only a few words) | Mandarin (only a few words)Release Date:
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Amores Expressos See more »Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, ChinaBox Office
Gross:
$600,200 (USA)Company Credits
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Hong Kong: | (international version)Color:
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1.66 : 1
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He Zhiwu, Cop 223: Somehow everything comes with an expiry date. Swordfish expires. Meat sauce expires. Even cling-film expires. Is there anything in the world which doesn't?
[223 gives a can of pineapple to a passing street person. The street person looks at the can and throws it on the ground]
Street person: It's expired. Don't want it.
He Zhiwu, Cop 223: You sure?
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The film's split structure came from the need to whip up the movie in short order. See more »Goofs
Plot holes: The woman in the blonde wig had no apparent opportunity to get the beeper number except from Cop 223 himself the night before, and he wouldn't have started to abandon his beeper as useless if he had just given someone new the number. See more »Quotes
[223 leaves the store]He Zhiwu, Cop 223: Somehow everything comes with an expiry date. Swordfish expires. Meat sauce expires. Even cling-film expires. Is there anything in the world which doesn't?
[223 gives a can of pineapple to a passing street person. The street person looks at the can and throws it on the ground]
Street person: It's expired. Don't want it.
He Zhiwu, Cop 223: You sure?
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