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26 February 2001 (USA) moreTagline:
Feel the heat, keep the feeling burning, let the sensation explode.Plot:
A man and a woman move in to neighboring Hong Kong apartments and form a bond when they both suspect their spouses of extra-marital activities. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 31 wins & 23 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(21 articles)
Sequel Madness (From FilmExperience. 3 June 2009, 7:39 PM, PDT)
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Wonderful Hong Kong Art-house. moreCast
(Credited cast)| Maggie Cheung | ... | Su Li-zhen - Mrs. Chan | |
| Tony Leung Chiu Wai | ... | Chow Mo-wan | |
| Ping Lam Siu | ... | Ah Ping | |
| Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung | ... | Man living in Mr. Koo's apartment | |
| Rebecca Pan | ... | Mrs. Suen | |
| Kelly Lai Chen | ... | Mr. Ho (as Lai Chen) | |
| Man-Lei Chan | ... | Mr. Koo | |
| Tsi-Ang Chin | ... | Amah | |
| Roy Cheung | ... | Mr. Chan (voice) | |
| Paulyn Sun | ... | Mrs. Chow (voice) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Po-chun Chow | |||
| Kam-wah Koo | |||
| Hsien Yu | |||
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Also Known As:
In the Mood for Love (France) (Hong Kong: English title) (UK) (USA)Beijing Summer (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
Flower Like Years (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
Hua yang nian hua (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
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Rated PG for thematic elements and brief language.Parents Guide:
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98 min | Poland:94 minColor:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:AL | Norway:A | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:PGFun Stuff
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Filming was shifted from Beijing to Macau after Chinese authorities demanded to see the completed script. The director never uses scripts. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Before Su Li-zhen bestowed her landlady with a electric rice cooker, there already was one sitting on the kitchen counter in an earlier scene. moreSoundtrack:
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Two people living in the same flat complex find their partners are having an affair with each other. As they try and piece together how it happened, they also embark on an emotional journey that aches for a resolution
Building on his previous success with Happy Together and Chungking Express, Wong Kar Wai gives us this rather old fashioned and marvellous story of reawakened passions, yearning and unrequited love.
Possibly, In the Mood for Love is not to everyone's taste. It wanders in rather lazily at 98mins: not particularly long for a film, but it appears longer because not a lot really happens. But this lazy feel conceals a quite tightly constructed film. Most of the story is cunningly woven around a series of set piece role plays, where the characters act out presumed scenarios between their respective spouses, trying to work out how the affair started. I say cunning because, of course, this makes it difficult for the audience (and the characters) to tell what is "in-role" and what is genuine.
If all this sounds rather arty and self-conscience, that's because it is. Unashamedly so. And it is played to perfection by two of Hong Kong's finest, Maggie Cheung and Leung Chui Wai, with some excellent support from Ping Lam Siu and Rebecca Pan.
It is also a virtuoso performance by Wong Kar Wai, who treats the audience to a sensory, and sensual, overload. Bringing together Christopher Doyle (who later deployed his lush, over-ripe style on Hero) and Pin Bing Lee (whose beautifully understated style can be seen on Springtime in a Small Town) was cinematographic genius. It has all the bold beauty of Doyle, without, frankly, the Athena-poster cheesiness of his work on Hero. The music, as always with Wong, is prominent. From Nat King Cole singing in Spanish, to the haunting strings of the main theme, it perfectly matches the eclectic beauty of the images.
All in all a top film, whether judged on plot, acting, cinematography or soundtrack. Similar to, but more accessible than, Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire, this is a beautiful, old fashioned story about love lost and regained.
And watch out for Tony Leung's hotel room 2046, which presaged Wong's recent film of the same name.