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Days of Being Wild aka. The True Story of Ah Fei (zh-cp|c=阿飛正傳|p=A fei jing juen) is a 1991 Hong Kong movie by film_director|director Wong Kar-wai. Often touted as the breakthrough film of director Wong, the film featured some of the most well-known actors and actresses of the then-colony, including Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung and Andy Lau. Tony Leung Chiu Wai made a cameo role lasting several minutes in the last take of the movie which he credits as a turning point in his acting career. The movie forms the first part of an informal trilogy, together with In the Mood for Love (released in 2000) and 2046 (movie)|2046 (released in 2004).
The movie is set in Hong Kong and in the Philippines in 1960. Yuddy, or 'York' in English (Leslie Cheung), was a playboy in Hong Kong and was well-known for stealing girls' hearts and breaking them as is the usual theme for movies with a dashing and charismatic male lead. His first victim is Li Zhen (Maggie Cheung) who suffered emotional and mental depression as a result of Yuddy's wayward attitude eventually seeking much-needed solace from a goody two-shoes cop Tide (Andy Lau). Their near-romance was often hinted at although it never materialised. York has forgotten his fling with the unassuming and shy Li Zhen and has set his attentions to a vivacious cabaret dancer played by Carina Lau who was also secretly loved by Zeb (Jacky Cheung). Unsurprisingly, York too dumps her and began a period of self-destruction. It later becomes evident that York's inability to commit and instict for romantic cruelty derives from conflicted feelings about his adoptive mother, a former prostitute, played by Rebecca Pan, and his biological mother, a Filipino aristocrat. Most sections of the film attempts to narrate how often people and the common man on the street reacts to a love rejection although it was very vaguely depicted and this film was seen by many to be among the first of its kind to have a relatively simple plot but with much reliance on the individual strength of its many actors and actresses to narrate the story through their seemingly mundane day-to-day activities. "Days of Being Wild" broke away from the light fare that typified Hong Kong cinema at the time by introducing thematic ambiguity and an arthouse aesthetic. Many other Hong Kong films such as Ashes of Time, Temptress Moon, and the best example of all In the Mood for Love could be included in the same school of Hong Kong cinema.
Category:1991 films Category:Drama films Category:Hong Kong films ja:%E6%AC%B2%E6%9C%9B%E3%81%AE%E7%BF%BC zh:%E9%98%BF%E9%A3%9E%E6%AD%A3%E4%BC%A0 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Days of Being Wild".
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