Synopsis
Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-Wan (
Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and Su Li-Zhen (
Maggie Cheung Man Yuk) 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,
Wong Kar Wai’s
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 Ping Bing, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past two decades of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.
