A volatile relationship (between two men and a third entering the picture, where the gender is only incidental to the proceedings), youth, living abroad in a tiny room in Argentina, shadows and light, a tango bar and existential pain assume an organic, cogent, naturally occurring chemical compound.

Almost plotless. Visually striking. But thankfully with less repeated music than other Wong Kar-Wai films.

Among the three leads Chang Chen is the most gorgeous, he looks like Ji Chang Wook's big brother.