In the Mood for Love

Original title: Fa yeung nin wah

2000
PG
1h 38m

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Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in In the Mood for Love (2000)

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Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

176K

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POPULARITY

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 45 wins & 50 nominations total

Chow Mo-wan
(as Tony Chiu Wai Leung)

Maggie Cheung

Su Li-zhen - Mrs. Chan

Ping-Lam Siu

Ah Ping

Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung

Man living in Mr. Koo's apartment
(as Tung Joe Cheung)

Rebecca Pan

Mrs. Suen

Kelly Lai Chen

Mr. Ho
(as Lai Chen)

Man-Lei Chan

Mr. Koo

Kam-Wah Koo

Chien Szu-Ying

Amah
(as Tsi-Ang Chin)

Paulyn Sun

Mrs. Chow
(voice)
(as Jia-Jun Sun)

Roy Cheung

Mr. Chan
(voice)

Po-chun Chow

Hsien Yu

Julien Carbon

French tourist
(uncredited)

Laurent Courtiaud

French reporter
(uncredited)

Charles de Gaulle

Self (1966 visit to Cambodia)
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Director
- Wong Kar-Wai
Writer
- Wong Kar-Wai
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Director Wong Kar-Wai was shooting the ending and editing the film a little over a week before its debut at Cannes.

Goofs
When Mr. Chow is waiting with Mrs. Chan for the rain to stop, he is suddenly completely dry despite running through the rain only moments earlier.

Quotes
Caption: 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.

Alternate versions
32 minutes was cut off the end of the film by Wong before release. These additional scenes take place in years subsequent to the film's original ending in 1966, extending into the 1970s, where Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan meet again several times. The scenes have been included on Criterion's DVD release of the film in 4 bonus tracks, and are available for streaming on the Criterion Channel. The scenes are as follows: Room 2046 (8:05), Postcards (8:27), The Seventies (9:00), A Last Encounter (7:53).

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Mission: Impossible II/Running Free/Passion of Mind/Big Momma's House (2000)

Soundtracks
Yumeji's Theme
Composed and recorded by Shigeru Umebayashi (as Umebayashi Shigeru)
Courtesy of Emotion Music Co., Ltd.

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Featured review

10/10

Discover the beauty genially encrypted in "Asian Beauty"

I was recommended this film as one of the best love stories ever told. And as I am huge fan of love, I bought the tickets and sat myself in the theatre. After 90 minutes I left the theatre with nothing but disappointment and the theme song as the only positive thing of the film. I was appalled at the story itself, that two people can love each other but be so afraid as to never act it. I just couldn't go passed the language barrier and the cultural barrier. The second time I ran into it... I was in a different mood, no longer had any expectation ... and had more patience, more relaxed mind to "see" the film... and as soon as I opened my eyes, I discovered the love... the beauty of the film. I went beyond the language and the love story and saw the acting (not even for a moment did I ever felt like they were acting!) and the cinematography. The first time I heard a definition of what a film is, I was told that it should be a chain of perfectly balanced photographs (shots) and this is the film to match the description. Almost every shot has an idea behind it, and combined with the music... and the light effects... the result is just a masterpiece! And a masterpiece is just something that you must have in your collection of films.