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As Tears Go By
As Tears Go By
7.0
/10
2,801 Ratings

AS TEARS GO BY

旺角卡門 | Wong Gok Ka Moon

Directed by Wong Kar Wai
Hong Kong, 1988
Crime, Drama, Romance

Synopsis

In Hong Kong’s ruthless, neon-lit gangland underworld, a small-time mob enforcer finds himself torn between a burgeoning romance with his ailing, beautiful cousin and his loyalty to his loose cannon partner in crime, whose reckless attempts to make a name for himself unleash a spiral of violence.

Synopsis

In Hong Kong’s ruthless, neon-lit gangland underworld, a small-time mob enforcer finds himself torn between a burgeoning romance with his ailing, beautiful cousin and his loyalty to his loose cannon partner in crime, whose reckless attempts to make a name for himself unleash a spiral of violence.

Our take

Emerging from the Hong Kong genre mill, Wong Kar Wai debuted with this stylish crime drama à la Mean Streets, in which the budding romantic of 90s cinema immediately shined to the energy and passion of a neon Hong Kong night. His first of many invites to Cannes.