In the Mood for Love

Why we chose it

Many still call it the most beautiful film ever made. When two neighbours discover that his wife and her husband are having an affair, the camera never once shows the cheating couple’s faces, and what grows between the two left behind is a love that never happens, yet you feel it with every sense.

Synopsis

Chow, a newspaper editor, rents a new flat with his wife, and on the other side of the wall lives Li-zhen, whose husband is a salesman who’s nearly always away. Chow’s wife is hardly ever home either, and one evening the two neighbours work out that their spouses are having an affair with each other. Left alone together, they share something neither of them wants to name.

Information

Director
Wong Kar-Wai
Cast
Also known as
Fa Yeung Nin Wah
Production year
2000
Decade
2000s
Duration
1h 34m
Festivals & Awards
Language
Cantonese, Shanghainese, French, Spanish
Country
Hong Kong, China
Subtitles
Greek, Polish, English
Age rating
16+

Cannes Film Festival

Best Actor (Tony Leung)

2000

César Awards

Best Foreign Language Film

2001

Hong Kong Film Awards

Best Actor (Tony Leung)

2001

What others say

4.5
1012 reviews

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