In the Mood for Love (2000)

Cast

• Maggie Cheung Man-yuk Su Li-zhen
• Tony Leung Chiu-wai Chow Mo-wan
• Siu Ping-lam Ah Ping
• Rebecca Pan Mrs. Suen
• Kelly Lai Chen Mr. Ho
• Joe Cheung Tung-Cho Man Living in Mr. Koo's Apartment
• Chan Man-Lei Mr. Koo
• Koo Kam-Wah Mrs. Koo
• Mama Hung Amah
• Paulyn Sun Mrs. Chow (voice)
• Roy Cheung Yiu-yeung Mr. Chan (voice)
• Julien Carbon French Tourist (uncredited)
• Laurent Courtiaud French Reporter (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Wong Kar-wai

Director of Photography

Christopher Doyle

Director of Photography

Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Editor

William Chang Suk-Ping

Editor

Chan Ki-Hop

Original Music Composer

Michael Galasso

Producer

Wong Kar-wai

Screenplay

Wong Kar-wai

Story

Liu Yichang

Details

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$15,867,968

Homepage

https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2274

IMDb

tt0118694

TMDB

843

Keywords

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

Videos

• Lucy Liu on IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000) Featurette
• TIFF Press Conference (2000) Featurette
• Three Reasons: In the Mood for Love Featurette
• Official Restoration Trailer Trailer
• Re-release Trailer Trailer

Reviews

CinemaSerf · ★ 7 · 2023-08-28

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.

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