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Chungking Express

Two Hong Kong police officers are struggling with heartbreak. However, new opportunities await in fast food restaurant Midnight Express.

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Deze voorstelling maakt deel uit van Rialto Filmclub met als gastspreker deze maand Ernst-Jan Pfauth.

Chungking Express

The production of his film Ashes of Time was so difficult that Wong Kar-wai decided to focus for a little while on another project. And so he made a 'student film' in between: Chungking Express, a lighthearted, romantic diptych about love lost and found again.

Hong Kong police officer 223 is heartbroken after being dumped by girlfriend May. He hopes she will come back to him, but the chance is slim, assures him the owner of the Midnight Express, a fast food restaurant he frequents. The owner draws his attention to his niece, the waitress Faye, but she is already in love with another regular customer: policeman 663, who is also struggling with the aftermath of a failed relationship. May indeed does not return, so 223 decides to fall in love with someone else. In a bar he meets a woman with a blond wig, a drug smuggler. Meanwhile, Faye got hold of 663's house key through his ex.