The Hand (Director's Cut)

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CertificateNot Rated
Year2004
GenreDrama, Romance
Director(s)Wong Kar Wai
Writer(s)Wong Kar Wai
LanguageMandarin
CountryHong Kong
Running Time0HR 56MINS
Extra InfoSubtitled
SeasonThe World of Wong Kar Wai

Like In the Mood for Love, The Hand is set in the hazy Hong Kong of the 1960s, but its characters couldn’t be more different from the earlier film’s restrained, haunted lovers.

Originally conceived for the omnibus film Eros, the film—presented in this retrospective for the first time in its extended cut—tells the tale of Zhang (Chang Chen), a shy tailor’s assistant enraptured by a mysterious client, Miss Hua (Gong Li).

A hypnotic tale of obsession, repression, and class divisions, The Hand finds Wong Kar Wai continuing to transition from the frenetic, energised style of his earlier films into a register that is lush with romantic grandeur.

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