This movie mainly centers around the life of York (Leslie Cheung), a man who is living off of his well-off stepmother (Rebecca Pan, speaking in Shanghainese) who was a prostitute before. (On the Mei Ah DVD she is depicted slightly more accurately as a 'courtesan'). He can attract women easily but whose main goal in life is to find his real mother. Maggie Cheung plays So Lai Chun, one of York's girlfriends, a docile woman who's a ticket taker/convenience store clerk. Carina Lau plays Mimi/Lulu, a dancer and another of York's girlfriends. Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung are in supporting roles in this movie, and Tony Leung Chiu-Wai has a wee part in the end (the last 2 minutes) that I have no idea what is about.

This was Wong Kar-wai's 2nd movie as a director. Typical arthouse feel to the movie, with the usual abstract ending.

Just like As Tears Go By, this movie was nominated for a slew of awards for 1990 in all the major categories. This movie won the Best Picture Award, plus Best Director (Wong Kar-Wai), Best Actor (Leslie Cheung), Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle) and Best Art Direction (Cheung Suk-Ping - gosh he wins so often).