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Synopsis

An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.

Year1995
CountryHong Kong
DirectorWong Kar-wai
Cinematic Threads
It was a film that I remember seeing and thinking, 'Oh, this is how I want to be as a filmmaker. This is the type of filmmaker I want to be.' ... The most beautiful thing in the world is a Wong Kar-wai frame. And I especially love 'Fallen Angels' because I remember seeing it for the first time, and it just feeling like what it was like to be young and to be alive and to be in love.

Films with Similar Themes

hitman noir · unrequited love · urban alienation · redemption through connection · Hong Kong underworld