Small-time criminal Wah Dee (Andy Lau) is enlisted by his boss Trumpet (Tommy Wong) to be the getaway driver for a heist which, of course, goes completely wrong. Dee takes Jo Jo (Jacklyn Chien-Lien Wu) hostage but the bosses order her to be killed. Instead, they escape together and fall in love while being chased by the cops and the crooks.

Directed by Benny Chan and produced by Johnnie To and Ringo Lam, A Moment of Romance brings Hong Kong alive, both in its abandoned places and its neon-lit night, as two lovers from different worlds realize that perhaps they would be safer by leaving each other yet unable to do so.

This movie was so essential that Andy Lau got the nickname of his character from it, Wah Dee. It also has the kind of ending that you expect from the New Hollywood or the Hong Kong New Wave. It’s romantic at the very same time that it is heartbreaking.

A Moment of Romance II was released in 1993 featuring a new storyline. Benny Chan and Jacklyn Wu returned as director and lead actress respectively with Aaron Kwok as the male star A third and final installment, A Moment of Romance III, was released in 1996 with Johnnie To, producer of the first two films, directing and Lau and Wu being reunited.

Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings, the Radiance Films blu ray release has a 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative, as well as an archival audio interview with Benny Chan; In Love and Danger: HK Cinema Through A Moment of Romance, a new visual essay by critic and Asian cinema expert David Desser; commentary by Asian cinema expert Frank Djeng; newly translated English subtitles by Dylan Cheung; a trailer; a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow and a limited edition booklet featuring new writing on the iconic cast and crew by critic Sean Gilman and a profile of Benny Chan by Tony Williams, co-editor of Hong Kong Neo Noir. You can get it from MVD.