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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.
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.
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.
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.)
- Wong Kar-Wai
- PG
Jul 17, 2021 · Sensual, elliptical, melancholic, and visually gorgeous — so, a Wong Kar-Wai film — 2046 is a ravishing conclusion to the unofficial trilogy that began with Days of Being Wild. “ A synthesizing, retrospective work, 2046 is the summation of Wong’s lyrical melancholia …. Spectacular.”. Nathan Lee, Film Comment.
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Mar 9, 2001 · In the Mood for Love: Directed by Kar-Wai Wong. With Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Siu Ping-Lam, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung. 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.
