In the Mood For Love
PG

Sun 12 Oct – Wed 15 Oct

Why watch?

“In the Mood for Love embodies one of the aims our reRun strand aims to do, celebrating films which are both seminal yet also to so many audiences undiscovered. It feels especially important for this title to be experienced in the cinema where scale makes it possible to really appreciate not only the arresting visual style, but also the nuance of the two central performances where so much of the story plays out without words.”

Wendy,
Head of Cinema

Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-Wan and Su Li-Zhen move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery creates an intimate bond between them.

Drama • Intimate • Beautiful

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At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping Bing, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past two decades of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.

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Details

Original language title

花樣年華

Duration

1hr 38mins

Director

Wong Kar Wai

Distributor

Janus Films

Featuring

Tony Chiu-Wai Leung • Maggie Cheung • Sui Ping-Lam

Year

2000

Country of origin

Hong Kong • France

Language

Cantonese • Shanghainese with English subtitles

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“What makes the film enduring is not so much the romance as the shadow that lies behind it.”
The New Yorker

“Wong Kar Wai’s eternal story of yearning in Hong Kong turns 25 and only grows in stature”
Little White Lies

“There are many reasons to adore the film, most obviously its almost unworldly, dream-like beauty.”
The Guardian

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