Chungking Express

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$600,200

Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color. The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month. By the end of that time, he feels that he will either be rejoined with his love or that it too will have expired forever. The second half shows Cop 663 dealing with his breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He talks to his apartment furnishings until he meets a new girl at a local lunch counter.

🏆 8 wins & 19 nominations total

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Director

Wong Kar-Wai

Cast

Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai

Released

8 March 1996

Runtime

1h 42m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

7.9 / 10

Votes

108,698

Metascore

78

Rotten Tomatoes

89%

Box office

$600,200

Edition

Base