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Fallen Angels (1995)

★ 7.7 · 1,289 ratings on TMDB

The night's full of weirdos.

Fallen Angels poster★ 7.7

An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.

DirectorWong Kar-Wai
CastBenz Kong To-Hoi, Chan Fai-Hung, Chan Man-Lei, Charlie Yeung Choi-Nei, Karen Mok Man-Wai, Kwan Lee-Na
GenresAction, Crime, Romance
The emergence reading

Fallen Angels keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing loneliness, alienation, freewill, love, crime.

zero-distanceHKlonelinessalienationfreewilllovecrime
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Same rung, same subject

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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