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Happy Together
1997
· Movie
· 96 min
A
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #606
- IMDb #945
- Rotten Tomatoes #808
- Metacritic #1062
- Letterboxd #215
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1596
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #454
- Metacritic Critics #1492
- Metacritic Audience #549
- Criticker #311
- Douban #62
- Kinopoisk #1486
- AlloCiné #1314
- Trakt #707
Every rating
68–91
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 91.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A couple from Hong Kong travels to Argentina in an attempt to save their turbulent relationship. They fight constantly, break up, and get back together in a cycle of passion and despair. Stuck in a foreign country and financially broke, they are forced to confront their deep connection and the reasons it is so destructive.
Details
- Director
- Wong Kar-Wai
- Writer
- Wong Kar-Wai
- Released
- 30 May 1997
- Country
- Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan
- Language
- Cantonese, Spanish, English, Mandarin
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $125.0K
- Box office
- $5.0M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
Awards & nominations
See all 17 →1 major award won · 5 wins from 17 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| 1997 Cannes Film Festival 1997 | Best Director | Wong Kar-wai | Winner |
| 14th Independent Spirit Awards 1997 | Best Foreign Film | Nominee | |
| 1997 Cannes Film Festival 1997 | Palme d'Or | Nominee | |
| 17th Hong Kong Film Awards 1997 | Best Cinematography | Christopher Doyle | Nominee |
| 17th Hong Kong Film Awards 1997 | Best Costume and Make-up Design | William Chang | Nominee |
| 17th Hong Kong Film Awards 1997 | Best Film Editing | William Chang, Wong Ming-lam | Nominee |
| 17th Hong Kong Film Awards 1997 | Best Film | Nominee | |
| 17th Hong Kong Film Awards 1997 | Best Director | Wong Kar-wai | Nominee |
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17 awards — Happy Together
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1997 Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Wong Kar-wai | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Nominee |
14th Independent Spirit Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Nominee |
17th Hong Kong Film Awards
9 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Tony Leung | Winner |
| Best Actor | Leslie Cheung | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | William Chang | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Christopher Doyle | Nominee |
| Best Costume and Make-up Design | William Chang | Nominee |
| Best Director | Wong Kar-wai | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Film Editing | William Chang, Wong Ming-lam | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Chang Chen | Nominee |
34th Golden Horse Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Christopher Doyle | Winner |
| Best Actor | Leslie Cheung | Nominee |
| Best Director | Wong Kar-wai | Nominee |
4th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Film of Merit | Winner |
7th Arizona International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award – Most Popular Foreign Film | Winner |