In the Mood for Love

Original title: Fa yeung nin wah

2000
PG
1h 38m

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8.1/10

172K

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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

172K

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POPULARITY

1,242

281

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

Chow Mo-wan
(as Tony Chiu Wai Leung)

Maggie Cheung

Su Li-zhen - Mrs. Chan

Siu Ping-Lam

Ah Ping
(as Ping-Lam Siu)

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

Szu-Ying Chien

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
- Kar-Wai Wong
Writer
- Kar-Wai Wong
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Director Kar-Wai Wong 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

8/10

In the Mood for a Lovely Film

Beautiful film set in 1962 Hong Kong about a man (Mr. Chow) and woman (Mrs. Chan) who become close friends when they suspect their spouses are having an affair. Stylistically, the film is also beautiful. Wong Kar-Wai uses a lot of slow motion and close-ups on parts of the body (feet, hands, waist). The film itself has a reticence and properness that suggests its time period. It's sexy without showing everything. Wong Kar-Wai also doesn't allow the audience to see what the spouses look like, suggesting that Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan should be together. Smoking is even made to look elegant with close-ups of the curls of smoke. A really lovely film. Just prepare yourself for the ending.