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Fa yeung nin wa (2000) -- 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.

Overview

User Rating:
8.1/10   21,708 votes
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Director:
Kar Wai Wong
Writer:
Kar Wai Wong (written by)
Contact:
View company contact information for In the Mood for Love on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
26 February 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
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 synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 31 wins & 23 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(22 articles)
Broken Sword With Broken Arm
 (From FilmExperience. 15 July 2009, 7:00 PM, PDT)

Sequel Madness
 (From FilmExperience. 3 June 2009, 7:39 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
A Beautiful, Melancholic and Romantic Love Story more

Cast

  (in credits order)

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
Julien Carbon ... French tourist (uncredited)
Laurent Courtiaud ... French reporter (uncredited)
Charles de Gaulle ... Himself (1966 visit to Cambodia) (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Kar Wai Wong 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Kar Wai Wong  written by

Produced by
William Chang .... associate producer
Ye-cheng Chan .... executive producer
Gilles Ciment .... co-executive producer
Jacky Pang Yee Wah .... associate producer (as Jacky Pang Yee-Wah)
Kar Wai Wong .... producer
 
Original Music by
Michael Galasso  (as Mike Galasso)
Shigeru Umebayashi 
 
Cinematography by
Christopher Doyle 
Pin Bing Lee  (as Mark Lee Ping-bin)
 
Film Editing by
William Chang 
 
Production Design by
William Chang 
 
Costume Design by
William Chang 
 
Art Department
Ping Lam Siu .... property master
 

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Additional Details

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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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements and brief language.
Runtime:
98 min | Poland:94 min
Country:
Hong Kong | France
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Bangkok, Thailand more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
During filming, Kar Wai Wong improvised often with the actors, crafting the story and mood of the film as he went along. Originally, "In the Mood for Love" was a much more obvious romance film, with the actors throwing witty dialog at each other and engaging in several scenes of love-making. Eventually, the actors and director decided to tone the mood down to the more subtle version that was released in theaters. more
Goofs:
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. more
Quotes:
Receptionist at 'Singapore Daily': [picks up phone] Hello, Singapore Daily.
[into phone]
Receptionist at 'Singapore Daily': Hold on.
[turns to room]
Receptionist at 'Singapore Daily': Mr. Chow, call for you.
Su Li-zhen Chan: [hurriedly arrives to pick up phone] Thanks!
[into phone]
Su Li-zhen Chan: Hello?
Su Li-zhen Chan: [cuts to Mrs. Chan holding phone, she remains silent]
Chow Mo-wan: [into phone] Hello?
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Movie Connections:
References Chung Hing sam lam (1994) more
Soundtrack:
Yumeji's Theme more

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17 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
A Beautiful, Melancholic and Romantic Love Story, 5 November 2004
8/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Hong Kong, 1962, the editor Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and his wife, and the secretary Su Li-Zhen Chan (Maggie Cheung) and her husband simultaneously move to an old building. Each couple has just rented a room in apartments on the same floor. Their wife and husband stay most of the time away from home, and Chow and Li-Zhen have the same habits: they like kung-fu stories and noodles and soap from a restaurant nearby the building. Their close contact becomes friendship and a sort of platonic and repressed love. Later they realize that their mates are having an affair, Chow falls in love with Li-Zhen, but her shyness and probably repressed condition of married woman keeps her love in a platonic level. 'In the Mood for Love' is a very slow, beautiful, melancholic and romantic love story, with a wonderful photography and soundtrack and a very unusual edition. The film had not had a screenplay, and the actors were never sure about what they would be shooting. Later, the director edited his story based on the footages. When Chow moves to Singapore, there is a gap of many years in the story until 1966, when its conclusion is intentionally open and not well defined, leaving questions such as who is the boy with Li-Zhen. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): 'Amor À Flor da Pele' ('Love on the Surface of the Skin')

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