In The Mood For Love - English subtitled
The highlight in Wong Kar Wai's oeuvre is this stunning love waltz about two neighbours who discover that their mutual husbands are in a relationship.
Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen move into neighbouring 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, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past two decades of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.
Wong Kar Wai, China, Hong Kong, 2000, 98 min. Cantonese, Shanghainese, French & Spanish spoken, English subtitles.
With Maggie Cheung, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho ‘Joe’ Cheung, Rebecca Pan.