1997 Internet Archive: Happy Together

Here’s a concise, informative write-up on the 1997 film Happy Together in relation to the Internet Archive, suitable for a blog, database entry, or preservation context. Title: Happy Together (original title: 春光乍洩 ) Director: Wong Kar-wai Year of Release: 1997 Country: Hong Kong Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish Runtime: 96 minutes Summary of the Film Happy Together is a landmark of queer cinema and a defining work of the Hong Kong New Wave. Directed by Wong Kar-wai, the film follows the turbulent relationship of two Hong Kong men, Lai Yiu-fai (Tony Leung) and Ho Po-wing (Leslie Cheung), who travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina, in hopes of restarting their romance. Stranded far from home, they oscillate between passion, jealousy, codependency, and heartbreak against the city’s melancholic neon and tango-soaked streets.