Fallen Angels (1995 film)
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| Traditional | 墮落天使 |
| Simplified | 堕落天使 |
| Mandarin | Duòluò tiānshǐ |
| Cantonese | Do6 Lok6 Tin1 Sai2 |
| Literally | Fallen angels |
| Directed by | Wong Kar-wai |
| Produced by | Jeffrey Lau |
| Written by | Wong Kar-wai |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Roel A. Garcia Frankie Chan |
| Cinematography |
Christopher Doyle Mark Lee Ping Bin Joe Chan |
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Production
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Jet Tone Productions
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| Distributed by | Kino International |
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Release date
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language |
Cantonese Mandarin Taiwanese Japanese English |
| Box office | HK$7,476,025 (HK) US$163,145 (US) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 墮落天使 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 堕落天使 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Duòluò Tiānshǐ |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | do6 lok6 tin1 si3 |
Fallen Angels is a 1995 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung, and Karen Mok.
Fallen Angels can be seen as a companion piece to Chungking Express. It was originally conceived as the third story for Chungking Express, but Fallen Angels can be considered a spiritual sequel due to similar themes, locations and methods of filming, while one of the main characters lives in the Chungking Mansions and works at the Midnight Express food stall.
The movie is composed of two stories that have little to do with each other except for a few casual run-ins when some of the characters happen to be in the same place at the same time. Both stories take place in Hong Kong.
Story One
The story begins with a hit man named Wong Chi-ming (Leon Lai) and a woman he calls his "partner." They hardly know each other and rarely see each other but she cleans his dingy apartment in club clothes and faxes him blueprints of the places he's to hit. Infatuated with him, she frequents the bar he goes to just to sit in his seat and daydream about him. One late night, Wong has a late night meal at McDonald's where he meets Blondie, a wild prostitute. While they spend time together, she has illusions that he's the ex-lover who left her for another woman. Wong's partner finds out about the relationship and puts a hit out on him when he tells her he wants to quit, ending the partnership they have.
Story Two
Wong Chi-ming's partner lives in the same building with Ho Chi-mo (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a crazy delinquent who escapes prison. She helps him elude the police when they are searching for him. Ho is mute and still lives with his father. For work, he breaks into other people's businesses at night and sells their goods and services, often forcibly to unwilling customers. He keeps running into the same girl at night, Charlie. Every time they meet, she cries on his shoulder and tells him the same sob story. Her ex-boyfriend, Johnny, left her for a girl named Blondie. Together they play games to look for Blondie, go see soccer matches at the stadium, hang out in restaurants, and take rides on his motorcycle. He falls in love. Somehow they lose touch for a few months but they run into each other while he's masquerading as a business owner. She's in a stewardess uniform, mentally fit, and in a new healthy relationship. She seems to have forgotten all about Ho.
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