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Member Preview - Infernal Affairs
Tue 20 Jan, 6:30pm

A treacherous spin on good-cop-bad-cop takes hold in this gripping, early-2000s Hong Kong crime classic that inspired The Departed.

Join us in the cinema for a FREE preview of the season, exclusive to members.
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Focus on Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Thu 29 Jan – Mon 16 Feb

Known for his soulful and introspective performances, Tony Leung Chiu-wai has worked with many great directors throughout his career, including Wong Kar Wai, Ang Lee, Hou Hsiao-hsien and John Woo.

Join us at ACMI Cinemas for a program featuring highlights and underseen gems from Leung’s incredible career.

3-Session Pass from $39
6-Session Pass from $72
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Explore the season
Chungking Express
Thu 29 Jan & Sun 14 Feb

Endlessly quotable, swooning and funny, this gem of the mid-90s is one of Wong Kar Wai’s most beloved films. Tony Leung Chiu-wai stars as a lovelorn cop who falls for a snack stand waitress (Faye Wong) in bustling Hong Kong.
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A City of Sadness
Fri 30 Jan & Sun 8 Feb

This historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien was the first Taiwanese film to win the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival. It has been a regular entry in the Sight and Sound poll of great films since its release.
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Three Summers
Sat 21 Jan & Sun 15 Feb

Over the course of three summers, a young man returns from Hong Kong to the fishing village where he grew up. Each summer, friendships and romances shift and change with the steamy weather.

Don’t miss this underseen coming-of-age gem from the early 90s, presented by ACMI and the Chinese Independent Film Foundation (CIFF).
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Lust, Caution
Sat 31 Jan & Sat 7 Feb

Spectacular in scope and smouldering in its passion, this erotic spy thriller is set in Hong Kong and Japanese-occupied Shanghai during World War II. It won director Ang Lee his second Golden Lion award at Venice Film Festival (after Brokeback Mountain two years earlier).
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In the Mood for Love
Mon 2 Feb, 6:30pm

Set in 1960s Hong Kong, Mrs Chan (Maggie Cheung) and Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) are neighbours drawn together through a shared heartache – their respective spouses are having an affair. But living within the noisy and nosy walls of a cramped rooming house, they must hide their blossoming friendship – and possibly their love.
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Love Unto Waste
Sat 7 & Mon 16 Feb

Stanley Kwan’s gorgeous romance follows four friends in Hong Kong whose lives are forever changed by grief when one of them is murdered. Presented by ACMI and CIFF, this moving, melancholic film about love, youthful recklessness and friendship is one of Tony Leung Chiu-wai's early performances.
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Infernal Affairs
Thu 5 & Fri 13 Feb

Later adapted into Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning film The Departed, this Hong Kong crime drama stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai as an undercover cop tasked with infiltrating a triad, while simultaneously, a triad member becomes a mole in the police force.

Don’t miss this morally knotty thriller belying a rare emotional depth.
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2046
Fri 6 & Sat 14 Feb

The third chapter in Wong Kar Wai’s love trilogy is a star-studded science fiction romance starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai as writer Chow Mo-wan, who holes up in a Hong Kong hotel to write a new novel inspired by memories of lost love.
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Happy Together
Mon 9 Feb, 6:30pm

Ho Po-wing (Leslie Cheung) and Lai Yiu-fai (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) leave Hong Kong for a fresh start in Argentina, but their turbulent relationship only grows more volatile in exile. As they drift in and out of each other’s arms, their emotional highs and lows play out against the rhythms of tango bars, fluorescent-lit motels and bustling streets. Can their love survive when all that’s left is the memory of being happy together?
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The Longest Nite
Thu 12 Feb, 6:30pm

Tony Leung Chiu-wai stars as a corrupt cop named Sam trying to handle negotiations between rival triad bosses, all while being stalked by a suspicious bald man.

Don’t miss this gritty, stylish cult favourite of 90s Hong Kong crime cinema, presented by ACMI and CIFF.
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Image 1: Infernal Affairs (2002) © Media Asia Films
Image 2: Chungking Express (1994) © Jet Tone Production
Image 3: Chungking Express (1994) © Jet Tone Production
Image 4: A City of Sadness (1989) © 3H Films, Era Film Company
Image 5: Three Summers (1992) © Central Motion Picture Corporation, Paka Hill Productions
Image 6: Lust, Caution (2007) © Universal Pictures
Image 7: In the Mood for Love (2000) © Jet Tone Production, Block 2 Pictures, Paradis Films
Image 8: Love Unto Waste (1986) © Pearl City Film Production
Image 9: Infernal Affairs (2002) © Media Asia Films
Image 10: 2046 (2006) © Jet Tone Films
Image 11: Happy Together (1997) © Jet Tone Production
Image 12: The Longest Nite (1997) © Film City Co.

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