IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (CERT. PG)
HONG KONG-FRANCE 2000 DIRECTED BY WONG KAR-WAI
COLOUR 1h 38m
WITH: MAGGIE CHEUNG, TONY LEUNG CHIU-WAI
In 1960s Hong Kong, an editor and a secretary enter into an unconsummated relationship
after discovering that their spouses are having an affair. This sublime, distinctive love-story,
richly photographed, is now regarded as a classic combination of nostalgia and sensuality.
2 awards, Cannes
Its visual and sonic fragments cumulatively evoke not just a firmly past time and place but a mood,
a feeling, a sorrow that drifts over to ours.’ – Guy Lodge, BFI
‘The performances are masterly, the photography beautiful … a genuinely romantic film.’ – David
Parkinson, Empire
‘This is a sumptuously shot, sensuous wade through the emotions of a repressed culture.’ – Alan
Jones, Radio Times Guide to Films
‘Probably the most breath-taking film of the year.’ – Elvis Mitchell, New York Times