In the Mood for Love

  • Su Li-zhen played by Maggie Cheung Man-yuk in a red overcoat dreaming about love
  • In Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love drama, Chow Mo-wan (by Tony Leung Chiu-wai) dreaming about his neighbor as he is in the mood for love
  • In Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love drama, Chow Mo-wan (by Tony Leung Chiu-wai) runs into his neighbor Su Li-zhen in a flowered dress (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) as they fall in love with each other

Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past decade of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.

Part of our BROKEN HEARTS CINEMA CLUB series.

Runtime
1h 38m
Year
2000
Director
Wong Kar Wai
Format
DCP
Country
Hong Kong
Language
In Cantonese with English subtitles
First Showing
February 2, 2024
Categories
Broken Hearts Cinema Club , Featured
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