Days of Being Wild
A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth. Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-p…
Days of Being Wild
A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth. Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother. Hoping to hold onto him, she refuses to divulge the name of his real birth mother. The revelation shakes Yuddy to his very core, unleashing a cascade of conflicting emotions. Two women have the bad luck to fall for Yuddy. One is a quiet lass named Su Lizhen who works at a sports arena, while the other is a glitzy showgirl named Mimi. Perhaps due to his unresolved Oedipal issues, he passively lets the two compete for him, unable or unwilling to make a choice. As Lizhen slowly confides her frustration to a cop named Tide, he falls for her. The same is true for Yuddy's friend Zeb, who falls for Mimi. Later, Yuddy learns of his birth mother's whereabouts and heads out to the Philippines. —van_whistler@hotmail.com In 1960 Hong Kong, indolent, effortlessly-charming Yuddy is notorious for breaking the hearts of the unfortunate young women who approach him. Narcissistic and obsessed with discovering his origins, Yuddy embarks on a self-destructive mission to find his soulmate and a purpose in life, and as he grows increasingly impatient, he becomes a victim of his emotions. Then, Yuddy beguiles lovely Su Li-zhen, and as one thing leads to another, he decides to leave behind his friends, mistresses, and adoptive mother to go to the Philippines, paving the way for heartbreak, inadvertent self-discovery, and unbridled violence. —Nick Riganas
Days of Being Wild
Crime,Drama,Romance
Film Details
A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth. Set in 1960, the film centres on the young, boyishly handsome Yuddy, who learns from the drunken ex-prostitute who raised him that she is not his real mother. Hoping to hold onto him, she refuses to divulge the name of his real birth mother.
The revelation shakes Yuddy to his very core, unleashing a cascade of conflicting emotions. Two women have the bad luck to fall for Yuddy. One is a quiet lass named Su Lizhen who works at a sports arena, while the other is a glitzy showgirl named Mimi.
Perhaps due to his unresolved Oedipal issues, he passively lets the two compete for him, unable or unwilling to make a choice. As Lizhen slowly confides her frustration to a cop named Tide, he falls for her. The same is true for Yuddy's friend Zeb, who falls for Mimi.
Later, Yuddy learns of his birth mother's whereabouts and heads out to the Philippines. —van_whistler@hotmail.com In 1960 Hong Kong, indolent, effortlessly-charming Yuddy is notorious for breaking the hearts of the unfortunate young women who approach him. Narcissistic and obsessed with discovering his origins, Yuddy embarks on a self-destructive mission to find his soulmate and a purpose in life, and as he grows increasingly impatient, he becomes a victim of his emotions.
Then, Yuddy beguiles lovely Su Li-zhen, and as one thing leads to another, he decides to leave behind his friends, mistresses, and adoptive mother to go to the Philippines, paving the way for heartbreak, inadvertent self-discovery, and unbridled violence. —Nick Riganas.