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In the mood for love (Hua yang nian hua) - Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ping Lam Siu, Kar Wai Wong
Threat advisory: Severe - Severe risk of entertaining activities
Movie propaganda
Hong Kong 1962.
Chief editor of a local newspaper, Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and his wife move into new accommodation where he meets Mrs Chan, née Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung), who lives next door and moves in the same day. It's also a coincidence that both of them are moving in without help from their spouses. As both of their partners are always out for work, they spend more and more time together. One day, they both realise that their particular spouses are having an affair and the discovery shocks both of them...
Theatrical propaganda posters
Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film Hong Kong romance adultery love affair
Persons of interest
- Tony Leung Chiu Wai .... Chow Mo-Wan
- Maggie Cheung .... Su Li-Zhen Chan
- Ping Lam Siu .... Ah Ping
- Rebecca Pan .... Mrs Suen
- Lai Chen .... Mr Ho
- Roy Cheung .... Mr Chan
- Chi-ang Chi .... The Amah
- Man-lei Wong .... Kam-wah, Koo
- Kar Wai Wong .... Screenwriter
- Kar Wai Wong .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- In the mood for love (Hua yang nian hua) official movie site
- Awards and film festivals:
- Cannes Film Festival 2000: Won: Best actor (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), Best cinematography (Christopher Doyle, Pin Bing Lee), Best editing (William Chang)
- Cinematic Intelligence Agency Trenchcoat Awards 2002
- NB: Japanese language dialogue with English language subtitles
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
Wow.
In the mood for love (Hua yang nian hua) is as tension-filled a romance as you will ever see. It is unrequited love taken as far as it can go, then taken even further. It is a wonder of love and passion and desire and trust and faith and pain wrapped in as glorious a piece of cinematography as you will ever experience. The crush of humanity filling an apartment building to overflowing and the barren streets devoid of life but for lovers and rainstorms. Errant spouses betraying unsuspecting partners, bosses conniving with employees, everyone looking for some way to rise above the seething masses.
If you have any interest in the creation of film you must see In the mood for love (Hua yang nian hua). If you have any interest in the appreciation of film you must see In the mood for love (Hua yang nian hua). Sounds like you don't have a lot of choice in the matter, do you?
Security censorship classification
PG (Adult themes)
Surveillance time
98 minutes (1:38 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
VHS rental: 19 September 2001
DVD retail: 13 February 2002
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