
Hong Kong, 1960. The restless playboy Yuddy drifts through relationships until he discovers that the woman who raised him is not his birth mother. This sends him in search of answers about his past. Wong Kar-wai's 1990 classic explores themes of love, longing and identity, and marks the beginning of a trilogy that is later continued in In the Mood for Love (2000) and 2046 (2004).