In 2018, it was ranked the 71st greatest foreign-language film of all time in the BBC poll. In 2016, the film was ranked the 3rd greatest LGBT film of all time in the British Film Institute poll. The film was regarded as one of the best LGBT films in the New Queer Cinema movement and received positive reviews and screened at several film festivals such as the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival it was nominated for the Palme d'Or and won Best Director at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. The Chinese title (previously used for Michelangelo Antonioni's Blowup) is an idiomatic expression suggesting 'the exposure of something intimate'. The English title is inspired by the Turtles' 1967 song of the same name and is covered by Danny Chung on the film's soundtrack. Happy Together ( Chinese: 春光乍洩) is a 1997 Hong Kong romantic drama film directed by Wong Kar-wai starring Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai, depicting their turbulent romance.
