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There are four main story arcs, listed in approximate order below. In typical Wong fashion, they are presented in non-chronological parts. Knowledge of Days of Being Wild and In the Mood for Love is assumed, but not necessary to understand 2046.
(2000, 35mm, 98m, Cantonese w/English subtitles) dir Wong Kar Wai w/Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung. Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Leung) and Su Li-zhen (Cheung) move into adjacent apartments on the same day, then discover their spouses are having an affair. Deliriously beautiful and filled with a powerful sense of longing, In the Mood is a…
Plot. In 1962 British Hong Kong, Shanghainese expatriates Chow Mo-wan, a journalist, and Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan), a secretary at a shipping company, rent rooms in adjacent apartments. Each has a spouse who works and often leaves them alone on overtime shifts.
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.
- Su Li-Zhen, Chow Mo-Wan
Sep 29, 2004 · 2046: Directed by Kar-Wai Wong. With Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Gong Li, Faye Wong, Takuya Kimura. Several women enter a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years, after the author has lost the woman he considers his one true love.
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- Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
- Kar-Wai Wong
- 2004-09-29
Oct 20, 2016 · 2046 was the apartment room number in In the Mood for Love, where Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen sequestered themselves in order to help Chow write his wuxia (Chinese martial arts) serial novel. Those were the happiest times for Chow, and 2046 represents a state-of-mind that he would like to return to.
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In the Mood for Love marks the middle chapter of a loose trilogy begun with Days of Being Wild (1990) and concluded in 2046 (2004). (Tony Leung’s character, Chow Mo-wan, appears in all three films, providing the connective tissue.)