Days of Being Wild
1990 · 94 min · Director: Wong Kar-Wai
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
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.
Emotional fingerprint
Days of Being Wild (1990) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Melancholy 35%, Love 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Melancholy35%
- Love25%
- Empathy20%
- Sadness15%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Melancholy, Love, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Melancholy, Love and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.
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Emotional journey
- Sadness
- Melancholy
- Empathy
Not enough subtitle evidence
No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Curiosity
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Melancholy
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Sadness | Melancholy | Empathy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 2′ | Curiosity | 38 % | 7 % | 7 % | 13 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 7′ | Curiosity | 50 % | 20 % | 13 % | 29 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 12′ | Tension | 60 % | 26 % | 11 % | 38 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 16′ | Curiosity | 54 % | 16 % | 8 % | 28 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 21′ | Tension | 49 % | 16 % | 18 % | 21 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 26′ | Melancholy | 54 % | 34 % | 36 % | 32 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 31′ | Sadness | 63 % | 50 % | 40 % | 49 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 35′ | Tension | 66 % | 51 % | 32 % | 55 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Empathy | 64 % | 49 % | 39 % | 57 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Melancholy | 63 % | 51 % | 52 % | 57 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 49′ | Melancholy | 65 % | 54 % | 51 % | 53 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 54′ | Sadness | 66 % | 54 % | 44 % | 48 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 59′ | Melancholy | 61 % | 51 % | 48 % | 45 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Melancholy | 61 % | 55 % | 53 % | 50 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Sadness | 65 % | 60 % | 53 % | 55 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Melancholy | 56 % | 49 % | 48 % | 46 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Melancholy | 51 % | 28 % | 32 % | 31 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Tension | 66 % | 29 % | 34 % | 33 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Melancholy | 78 % | 48 % | 55 % | 45 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
Riches to rags
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Rebecca
Nurse
Prostitute
Rebecca's Lover
Hotel Manageress
Amah
Train Conductor
Housekeeper
Yuddy's Mother
Hotel Maid
Details
- Directed by
- Wong Kar-Wai
- Written by
- Wong Kar-Wai, Jeffrey Lau, Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1990
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Melancholy
- Data updated
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