Days of Being Wild (A Fei zheng chuan)

Days of Being Wild (A Fei zheng chuan) (1990)

  • 90% of critics liked it
    (29 reviews)

  • 86% of users liked it
    (9,221 ratings)

Set in 1960, the film center of the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy (Leslie Cheung), who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother. Hoping to hold onto him, she refuses to divulge the name of his real birth mother. The revelation shakes Yuddy to his very… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Mar 13, 1990 Wide
Rim

Critic Reviews

  • Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

    Needless to say a must-see for Wongcolytes, Days of Being Wild is also an excellent entry point for people who haven't yet caught this most exotic and habit-forming of cinematic bugs.

  • Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle

    Every shot is perfectly composed and compelling, with light and shadow manipulated to maximum effect.

  • John Hartl, Seattle Times

    It now seems like a promising apprentice work, almost a blueprint for the writer-director's most acclaimed and famous film, In the Mood for Love.

  • Ty Burr, Boston Globe

    There are images in Days that can make your heart stop for no other reason than that they're perfect.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    It may have been released in the olden days of 1991, but Wong Kar-Wai's Days of Being Wild remains pulsatingly contemporary.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    In the Mood for 2046. Only just hints at what is to come from Wong Kar Wai. Heavy with atmosphere and loathesome characters.

  • Anthony L


    Days of being wild is a hint of what was yet to come from Kar Wai Wong but no where near as good. It looks great and has some very cool characters but the script isn't great and some of the acting is questionable at best, it's good but it just doesn't work as a whole… More

  • Carlos M


    A very honest film about unrequited love that proves that a simple story with well-constructed characters works much more effectively than what we see in Wong's most films: a lot of fancy ribbons wrapping up emptiness.

  • Arash X


    Wong Kar Wai's somehow reaching his unique style in here

  • Luke B


    Wong Kar Wai sets up his template for his future masterpieces. Doyles cinematogrophy adds a great layer and texture to the piece. This isn't a tale for everybody the pursuits for companionship only end in sadness and heartbreak. While not Wais best it has echoes of the greatness… More

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