Happy Together

A landmark of Hong Kong LGBT cinema, Wong Kar-wai’s Happy Together is a defining work of the New Queer Cinema movement. Acclaimed internationally, it was nominated for the Palme d’Or and won Wong Kar-wai the Best Director award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. In 2022, Happy Together was named among the 250 greatest films of all time in the Sight & Sound critics’ poll, cementing its place as one of the most celebrated LGBT films in cinema history.

Yiu-Fai and Po-Wing arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong and take to the road for a holiday. Something is wrong and their relationship goes adrift. A disillusioned Yiu-Fai starts working at a tango bar to save up for his trip home. When a beaten and bruised Po-Wing reappears, Yiu-Fai is empathetic but is unable to enter a more intimate relationship. After all, Po-Wing is not ready to settle down. Yiu-Fai now works in a Chinese restaurant and meets the youthful Chang from Taiwan. Uhf zacnjb-Fai’s life takes on a new spin, while Po-Wing’s life shatters continually in contrast.