Although they initially are friendly to each other only as need be, they grow closer as they realize that their spouses are having an affair.Ĭhow invites Su to help him write a martial arts serial. Suen, and their bustling, mahjong-playing neighbours, Chow and Su are often alone in their rooms. Due to the friendly but overbearing presence of a Shanghainese landlady, Mrs. Each has a spouse who works and often leaves them alone on overtime shifts. Chan), a secretary at a shipping company, rent rooms in adjacent apartments. In 1962 British Hong Kong, Shanghai expatriates Chow Mo-wan, a journalist, and Su Li-zhen (Mrs. The following intertitle begins the film: ![]() It is the highest-ranked film between 19. In 2022, the film placed 5th in Sight & Sound 's "Greatest Films of All Time" critics' poll, rising from its previous position of 24th in 2012. In a 2016 survey by the BBC, it was voted the second greatest film of the 21st century by 177 film critics from around the world, saying "never before has a film spoken so fluently in the universal language of loss and desire". It is often listed as one of the greatest films of all time and one of the major works of Asian cinema. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on, to critical acclaim and a nomination for the Palme d'Or Leung won Best Actor (the first Hong Kong actor to win the award). It forms the second part of an informal trilogy, alongside Days of Being Wild and 2046. ![]() A co-production between Hong Kong and France, it portrays a man ( Tony Leung) and a woman ( Maggie Cheung) whose spouses have an affair together and who slowly develop feelings for each other. In the Mood for Love is a 2000 romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai.
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