In the Mood for Love

2/2/20011h 39m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Feel the heat, keep the feeling burning, let the sensation explode. ~

Overview:

In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time together, they develop feelings for each other, but their relationship remains chaste and unspoken, reflecting societal constraints and their own moral compass.

Director:

Wong Kar-Wai

Status:

Released

Language:

Cantonese

Buget:

$3,000,000.00

Revenue:

$15,867,968.00

Key words:

adultery
newspaper
secret love
martial arts
lovesickness
husband wife relationship
shanghai, china
marriage crisis
married couple
singapore
deceived husband
forbidden love
melancholy
neighbor
author
hong kong
extramarital affair
1960s
intense
adultério

Cast

Maggie Cheung

~ as ~

苏丽珍

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

~ as ~

周慕云

Rebecca Pan

~ as ~

孙太太

Kelly Lai Chen

~ as ~

何先生

Siu Ping-Lam

~ as ~

Ah Ping

Mama Hung

~ as ~

Amah

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
This is a fine piece of cinema from Wong Kar-Wai that tells us a story of two people whom circumstance throws together - but not in a way you might expect. We start with two couples who move into a new building. One a newspaper man with his wife, the other a business executive and his wife. The businessman is rarely at home, nor is the journalist's wife - which leaves the other two at increasingly loose ends. It isn't long before a friendship develops - usually over some noodles - and though entirely platonic, their relationship becomes solid and trusting. Then, something entirely unexpected occurs that causes the two to refocus their relationship in the face of betrayal and disappointment - and well.... What helps this film stand out are the performances from both Tony Leung ("Chow Mo-wan") and the gorgeous Maggie Cheung ("Mrs. Chan") - it's a love story, and it burns intensely - but not physically - as their story subsumes both themselves and the audience. The film looks marvellous, is paced stylishly and uses quite a bit of Nat King Cole to set and keep the mood atmospheric, romantic and interesting. The photography offers us lingering close ups, we get a sense of them falling in love as if we, too, were undergoing the same experience and that all adds to the richness of the story. To give us a breather from the intensity, there are some fun scenes with their very close neighbours who love nothing better than to sit up all night playing mahjong!! Super film, this - flew by.