The two young people meet under tough circumstances, she's just broken up, and he's the boyfriend of her friend, and they begin a quick, passionate courtship. The two go from ardent initial lovers to distinctly separate individuals with different goals, dreams and inner emotions – and the death of their brief love can be traced to the anger, selfishness, jealousy, self-doubt and obsession displayed on those twelve fateful nights.
Dir. Aubrey LAM Oi-Wah
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The restless search, the fleeting romance, the endless cycles, and the inevitable solitude.
It is not the person you love, but the act of loving itself; he is simply the necessary object to ground your desire. Love, as it turns out, is a profoundly solitary construct.
This remains the most authentic portrayal of romance in Hong Kong cinema history. Looking back at the Hong Kong nights of 26 years ago, the beauty feels achingly real.
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