Hold You Tight (1998)

Original title

愈快樂愈墮落

Directed by

Stanley Kwan

Genre

drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows interconnected characters in Hong Kong dealing with love and loss. A young executive and a boutique owner both fall for the same man. Their relationships reveal hidden desires and personal struggles.

melancholiccomplexintimatereflectivequietly intenseslow-burncontemplativepoignant

What happens

Hold You Tight (Chinese: 愈快樂愈墮落; Jyutping: jyu6 faai3 lok6 jyu6 do6 lok6) is a 1998 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by Stanley Kwan. The film features full-frontal male nudity. It is Stanley Kwan's seventh feature film, and he says that his previous two documentaries A Personal Memoir of Hong Kong and Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema had strong influences on making this film: "Both of them evolved from my thoughts on family background and upbringing, my career as a filmmaker, my sexual orientation and my identity as a Chinese man living in a British colony. The film was written for Hong Kong actress Chingmy Yau who plays two roles, a young executive and a worldly boutique owner." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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