This ending hurts more than the original one Atleast in this one, the audience understands that both are in love with each other yet unable to meet due to fate This one is soul crushing, heartless and cold

I felt like it left a big void in my chest after watching this film

The original ending fits the film more perfectly, in the original ending, there is no hints that Mrs. Chan is still together with Mr. Chan, as even the neighbor says that only a woman and her child lives in the apartment, it leaves us with the thought that they may still be in love with each other. However in this ending, it evidently shows that Mrs. Chan had moved on and forgotten about her past with Mr. Chow, while Mr. Chow is still in love with her.

this makes the original ending even more heartbreaking, knowing that they actually saw each other and talked before he whispered his secret

He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct.

It's nice, but that's not the way life works. That's what makes the original ending so heartbreaking. People come into your life at the right time in the wrong place.

You should adjust the translation especially for the part where she leaves. When the friend calls for Mrs Chan, Mr Chow says “I won’t keep you. If there’s an opportunity, I’ll see you again”. Mrs Chan then says “I’ll see you again” and starts to walk away. “I’ll see you again” is the literal translation of goodbye in Chinese but in this scene he means it literally”

The original ending is much better, more poetic and mystical

This is the ending that Mr. Chau imagined in his mind, sadly it never happened.

The original ending is a masterpiece. Glad they didn't use this one which is even sadder in my opinion

cool to see this but very glad they didn't use this ending

this is a kinder ending with closure, the theatrical ending hurts a lot because he has gone years with a secret, no closure, and is finally at a point where he has to let his secret go. And implied that su left her husband with a child and the possibility that the affair led to their child. This ending is like they have a mutual understanding and can move past their feelings. The og theatrical version devastated me, always in the right place but wrong time. that’s a pain I don’t ever wanna experience, at least here they had an opportunity to speak and respect each others life choices.

The real business is how Ping managed to get Miss Singapore as his fiancée

This ending doesn't really fit with the overall mood and tone of everything that happened previously in the film (although this edited/alternate material explains why the film ending is suddenly in Cambodia for some reason). The notion of "i got over my past romantic flings" as a summarizing conclusion that worked in Chungking Express, but I don't feel like it works here at all. Without this ending, the whispered secret really is powerful. I think one interpretation is that the whispered secret is his unspoken grief and tragedy that he has carried so long. But when I watched the film (without this additional piece) I felt his secret may also include some remorse/ doubt / what-if. Much of this film creates a sense of entrapment, and by extension a sense of fate, but there are also many points with will, agency, and choices. Without this alternate ending, we may consider times he could have acted differently and received a more favorable outcome. We all reflect upon things we maybe should have done differently. Furthermore, some people expect that life has "moments of closure" but in reality, we usually don't, and our present is thoroughly shaped by our past. The past doesn't change and disappear with a some final, concluding act that ushers in a totally distinct future. It is our job to reconcile the tensions that lie within our past, and accept our disappointments, failures, and imperfections along with the joys and successes. This alternate ending would have destroyed all that sentiment, which is an alternative interpretation, but doesn't seem to jive with her previous behavior.

This ending makes me want to cry. If the scene got a bit reformed, it would have fitted the movie perfectly. That being said the original ending leaves many questions unanswered, making it amazing in its own way.

These scenes were not in the theatrical released film. Although I like these scenes I prefer the original ending.

I love this ending. Also it makes so much sense of the documentary in between of the war and the chaotic.

NO NO NO THIS BREAKS MY HEART EVEN MORE. SHE FORGOT WHAT NOW?! THIS HURTS MORE THAN I THOUGHT.

Cool to see this but I think the ending is more haunting without the dialogue precursor spelling things out.. Theatrical ending is one of my favorite endings in all of cinema.

A beautiful and painful ending, like life itself.

Ah... This ending breaks my heart even more.

Wow amazing to see the alt version. Great subtilties by Tony's face, I could feel his pain so deep and yet still a little hope at the same time, amazing acting. Maybe my favorite movie of all time.

I understand better now. Thanks for uploading this. Awesome movie. Heartbreaking story and song.

This scene is heartbreaking and a little short film in its own right

I love this movie. I never get tired of watching it. Always something new that I recognize. This time it was the heart he left in the hole before telling it his secret.

Thank you for adding this alternative ending scene. I'm so thankful to watch it one more time with eng. subtitles

can't believe I found this today. wow, he actually did see her again...

Noooo, I've been watched this movie for 4 or 5 times, and just find out this "extended" version. It's breaking my heart even more than the first one I familiar with...

that was so beautiful. thank you for adding english. thank you.

it would've been cliche if they used this lmao. i prefer the hurtful ending.

She didn’t forget. They knew.

One of the best scenes I had ever seen and how I cried after 😢😢😢

Wow this scene is just amazing. The best scene both of them have ever taken！ Incredible. But I might agree with the director cutting off this scene from the movie as if they have never seen each other again.

This alternative ending is even sadder than the one that made it into this awesome and poetic film. The two are good though.

"Some greetings last longer than life..." Their eyes speak so much that we as a audience cannot hear... this last scene itself can be a award winning short film...depth of human enterprise is unfathomable!

these deleted scenes suddenly make me so very very sad

The movie is perfect already but still it's nice to see this ending too

very emotional movie :'( cant help it. thx. the chemistry is too reall.....

I'm gonna cry 😢

これは、チャウがこんな形で再会できたらという理想のことなのか、本当に再会したのか、言語がわからないのでうまく捉えられなかったのですが、実際のエンディングではカットされた、「再会の場面」があることにより、秘密のささやきの意味合いがちょっと変わってくる感じがしました。私は想い合った2人が、暴走することなく静かに離れ、「会えないが「あれは美しい時だった」とお互いに想い合っている」ということが「花様年華」のタイトルになってくるのだと解釈してますので、通常のエンディングが一番好きです。再会することがないから物語が引き立つ気がします。

I'm glad this was not the ending. It's much more beautiful when they both have unrequited feelings and both suffer loss; it is much more true to the suffering found in real life. This ending is merely a typical male character heartbreak ending. Props to Kar-Wai Wong for recognizing that.

Thanks for the additional pain.

I think this is a perfect example of an edit. This scene isn’t in the OG but man it’s an impossible cut to make. The delivery of the ‘I have forgotten about it’ line where you can see a perfect display of duality of thinking in the micro expressions of Maggie Cheung. To leave that on the cutting room floor is the kind of decisions that a director should aspire to.

What’s sad is that they could be dead by the end of the decade due to the war in Vietnam and never see each other again:(

Is kinda sad to see this scene

Oh God, this alternate ending still kills me. Awesome film. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

This really fucking hurt. Big fucking ouch.

IVE NEVER SEEN THIS ENDING WHY NOT? WHY IT ANSWERS SO MANY QUESTIONS - SOO GOOD!

I am planning to watch wongkawai’s movies and happy to see they took a scene in my country

I saw the thumbnail and thought "Oh, cool. Alternate ending," I AM CRYING

HIS EYES

This feels like the alternate end dickens wrote to great expectations felt to the real thing

The original ,after this alternative is more heartbreaking 🤧❤️💔

In my theory, this film had 2 endings which are last time meet and coincidental meet...

I'm really glad this got cut.

I find it very interesting, but despite everything, I remain ambivalent. This scene gives meaning to the act of burying his secret, which I found anecdotal in the original version. This time, we can imagine that he buries his secret because he has just seen her again, and all hope vanishes with her. On the other hand, I still have an issue with the highly improbable coincidences of meeting in the middle of nowhere in films or stories. In the end, a nice alternative, but the original version leaves more room for everyone's imagination.

I see the difference between Mr chow getting a form of closure before speaking his secret and covering it with mud vs no closure. The former implies he might be able to leave his secret behind the latter we get the impression it’s not so simple.

Thank god for editing

this makes more sense now as to why we were suddenly in cambodia tbh

Hurts my heart everytime I watch it...The ending is much better than in the original movie. After all these years he's still in love with her while she moved on (?!....I guess that can be interpreted differently)

I honestly like this ending more.

this movie broke me

I am gonna respectfully disagree with some that this is a more painful ending. Either ending is painful for the man. They have strong romantic feelings for each other, but they will never get to be together. The reason why I see this as a less painful ending is because, at least he got to see her one last time, he saw that she is well, she is still with her husband, and now has a child. She has continued with her life, and if I were in his shoes, I would do the same with mine. Id also tell my secrets to that hole, leave it there and let it all go. This way I do not have to move forward with my life thinking about how she is doing. But of course if you have seen 2046 you know that is not what he did. The original ending is hurtful because he never really got any closure from her. He got one phone call but she never got to hear what she has to say. Even a "Sorry, I am calling you to tell you that this is the last time you'd hear from me" would have hurt yes, but at least it is some closure. Its better than wondering what she really wanted to tell you. What hurts even more is that in the end, she was just actually right next door. You could have knocked and maybe you would have gotten proper closure and move on. For me, the most painful thing about their emotional affair was not even that they could never be together. It is that they never got any closure.

i love the original ending but this one is just THERAPY

El amor si existe

Either way the film is a fucking masterpiece.

2:53 Shang-chi's dad takes blinking into an art form.

And he let her go...

Phenomenal

wtf I thought at least this was going to be a happy ending. shouldn't have i guess considering it's mr. wong

I like it a lot more like this.

周先生孤單的心痛😢

belleza!

So sad ever ending. I'm going to take my Handkerchief U.u

They should use this ending. It makes the story completed, adequate, easy to understand. Although it's very sad! I could know why he go to Angor wat after watching this ending! Thanks so much!

The parting hand shake was brutal. I like the original version better, it left much to our imagination.

منذ أن شاهدت الفلم أول مرة ..علمت بأن حياتي ستتغير...بعد عشرين عام ..مازالت أبحث ..دون جدوى

ouch that hit hard

Very painful ending.

와 뭐야 이런 엔딩이 있었을 줄이야 넘 늦게 봣네 ㅠㅠ

The original ending is better. But audience get more understanding for the scripts!

Crying now

❤❤ love anh Tony

Theatrical ending 1000x more sad... I mean really hit me like a truck

Kocham twórcę tego i in.fimów-Wonga

I love this ending more

This not how life works I prefer the other ending

原来有两个版本的结尾❤

I From Cambodia 🇰🇭 Wow

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this would have been way sadder.

Always knew there was a missing scene.

Leslie chunggggggg would have lover this

If you actually see their eyes when they say the goodbye at the end, you realise that the emotions they have is not ‘I’ve moved on’. This alternative ending alone beats any scene of the overhyped Past Lives

This ending is good but its too cliche, something that most romantic movies would do but is far from reality.

this scene is a tribute to the fight scene between bruce lee and chuck noris at the colossium. wkw i totally know what he was thinking

Whispering hidden secrets in hidden places. The walls are listening.

The way vague endings these days could never reach the level of the film original ending (the original is better than this one) they never said literally what happened but we felt it all so deep, it makes ur heart aches.

i never saw this ending in the version i watched

κι αυτό γιατί σ αγάπησα..,αντίο αγαπημένη