Overview. Two neighbors become intimate after discovering that their spouses are having an affair with one another. Wong Kar-wai. Director, Screenplay. Liu Yichang. Story. Top Billed Cast. Tony Leung Chiu-wai. Chow Mo-Wan. Maggie Cheung. Su Li-zhen - Mrs. Chan. Rebecca Pan. Mrs. Suen. Kelly Lai Chen. Mr. Ho. Siu Ping-lam. Ah Ping. Chin Tsi-Ang.

Summaries. Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs. Set in Hong Kong, 1962, Chow Mo-Wan is a newspaper editor who moves into a new building with his wife.

The tricot of the cinematography, mise-en-scene and modern narrative style makes In the Mood for Love a powerful film, especially when they are combined with the uncanny grace of the musical sound track. The directors of photography, Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee, use camera techniques that perfectly express the feeling of nostalgic closure as intended in Wong Kar-wai's original script.

"2046," Wong's new film, is an indirect, oblique continuation of the earlier one. It stars Tony Leung as Chow Mo Wan, also the name of his character in "In the Mood for Love," and there is a brief role for Maggie Cheung, his co-star in that film; they are not necessarily playing the same characters.There was also a room 2046 in the other film, so there are subterranean connections between the

In the Mood For Love, Wong Kar-wai's sensitive and stylish romance set in 1960s Hong Kong, brought him to the attention of mainstream viewers abroad when it was released around the world in the

In the Mood for Love. Synopsis: Set in Hong Kong, 1962, Chow Mo-Wan is a newspaper editor who moves into a new building with his wife. At the same time, Su Li-zhen, a beautiful secretary and her executive husband also move in to the crowded building. With their spouses often away, Chow and Li-zhen spend most of their time together as friends.

In the Mood for Love. Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them.

Tchaikovsky began work in February 1891, continuing his efforts while on an American tour later that year for the opening of Carnegie Hall.His homeward journey took him through Paris, where he discovered a new instrument: the celesta, whose clear, bell-like tone was perfectly fitted to The Nutcracker's fairy-tale ambience.In the celesta's ethereal notes, Tchaikovsky recognized the "voice

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See All 28 Critic Reviews. 10. JMH. May 6, 2012. Wong Kar-Wai's 2000 In the Mood for Love may be the best film, thus far, of the 21st Century. In just over 90 minutes, it conveys, through a voyeur-like cameras eye and spot-on, often silent, acting from Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung, an intensity of locked-up longing that's perhaps never been so