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"You can hold me, but not my heart."

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

Top Cast

  • Leslie Cheung

    Leslie Cheung

    Yuddy

  • Maggie Cheung

    Maggie Cheung

    Su Li-zhen

  • Andy Lau

    Andy Lau

    Tide

  • Carina Lau

    Carina Lau

    Leung Fung-ying

  • Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau

    Jacky Cheung Hok-Yau

    Zeb

  • Rebecca Pan

    Rebecca Pan

    Rebecca

  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai

    Tony Leung Chiu-wai

    Chow Mo-wan

  • Hung Ling-Ling

    Hung Ling-Ling

    Nurse

  • Angela Ponos

    Angela Ponos

    Prostitute

Overview

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.

Rating

7.3 / 10
587 Reviews
3 Popular

1 Reviews

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    CinemaSerf
    7 Feb 12, 2023

    I suppose you might call the dashingly handsome "Yuddy" (Leslie Cheung) a bit of a Lothario. He has good looks and charm, and he sails through life thinking only of himself. His ideal existence comes to a bit of an abrupt halt, though, when his alcoholic courtesan of a mother "Rebecca" (Rebecca Pan) reveals to him in a drunken stupor that she isn't actually his mother at all. The rug has now been pulled from under his cocky feet and he now embarks on a rather self destructive journey to find out just who the real woman is. After an initial relationship with "Su Li-zhen" (Maggie Cheung) he finds himself hooked up with dancer "Mimi" (Carina Lau) but no nearer his ultimate goal. It's only when "Rebecca" decides to set off with her newest beau for a new life that she dispatches "Yuddy" to the Philippines where his answer lies. Meantime, "Su Li-zhen" has again found herself alone after her boyfriend decides to leave his police job and become a sailor. Is it all possible that the two might reconcile? Now, there is definitely something of the episodic - even soap opera - about this film. An unlikable and frankly selfish character seeking his own truth for his own reasons, but to be fair to the director and the writers, they manage to elevate it from the more tabloid and gradually develop the characters into creatures with whom we can, to an extent, empathise. There are façades all over the place, truth and honesty and trust are near, but in shadows - and the use of the dark, rainy, Hong Kong scenarios provides ample locations for all of those to hide - and from which to be discovered. Not my favourite of Wong Kar-wai's films - it is just a little predicable - but still, he packs lots into ninety minutes and the cast deliver well - especially Maggie Cheung - and I did enjoy it.

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