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| | Wong Kar-wai |
 | | Inevitably, Ah-Ngor returns to the normalcy of her bucolic life in the province, and soon, Wah begins to reassess his life, fueled in part by a chance encounter with a former girlfriend who has since married, and the looming threat of a police crackdown after a high-ranking mob informant is arrested. |
 | | Marking Wong Kar-wai's first foray into feature film, As Tears Go By subverts the familiar images of frenetic violence and non-stop action endemic in contemporary Hong Kong films with a more somber, atmospheric, and contemplative portrait of failed connection and unrequited longing. |
 | | Presenting a contemporary urban drama that is both socially relevant and philosophically existential, the film serves as haunting and provocative examination of the consequence of obligation, the irreconcilability of fate, and the tragedy of missed opportunity. |
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