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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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