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In the Mood for Love

Original title: Fa yeung nin wah
  • 2000
  • PG
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
157K
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POPULARITY
1,773
264
Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in In the Mood for Love (2000)
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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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Kar-Wai Wong
  • Writer
    • Kar-Wai Wong
  • Stars
    • Tony Leung Chiu-wai
    • Maggie Cheung
    • Siu Ping-Lam
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    157K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,773
    264
    • Director
      • Kar-Wai Wong
    • Writer
      • Kar-Wai Wong
    • Stars
      • Tony Leung Chiu-wai
      • Maggie Cheung
      • Siu Ping-Lam
    • 495User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
    • 87Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 46 wins & 51 nominations total

    Videos4

    In the Mood for Love
    Trailer 1:54
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    In The Mood For Love: The Criterion Collection [Blu-Ray]
    Trailer 1:23
    Watch In The Mood For Love: The Criterion Collection [Blu-Ray]
    In The Mood For Love
    Trailer 1:23
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    Clip 3:54
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    Photos842

    Chow Mo-wan & Mrs. Chan
    Chow Mo-wan & Mrs. Chan
    Wong Kar-Wai on the set with co-cinematographer Christopher Doyle
    Chow Mo-wan & Mrs. Chan
    Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai at an event for In the Mood for Love (2000)
    Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in In the Mood for Love (2000)
    Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in In the Mood for Love (2000)
    In the Mood for Love (2000)
    In the Mood for Love (2000)
    Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in In the Mood for Love (2000)
    Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in In the Mood for Love (2000)
    Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu-wai in In the Mood for Love (2000)

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    Tony Leung Chiu-wai
    Tony Leung Chiu-wai
    • Chow Mo-wan
    • (as Tony Chiu Wai Leung)
    Maggie Cheung
    Maggie Cheung
    • Su Li-zhen - Mrs. Chan
    Siu Ping-Lam
    • Ah Ping
    • (as Ping-Lam Siu)
    Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
    Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
    • Man living in Mr. Koo's apartment
    • (as Tung Joe Cheung)
    Rebecca Pan
    Rebecca Pan
    • Mrs. Suen
    Kelly Lai Chen
    Kelly Lai Chen
    • Mr. Ho
    • (as Lai Chen)
    Man-Lei Chan
    Man-Lei Chan
    • Mr. Koo
    Kam-Wah Koo
    Szu-Ying Chien
    Szu-Ying Chien
    • Amah
    • (as Tsi-Ang Chin)
    Paulyn Sun
    Paulyn Sun
    • Mrs. Chow
    • (voice)
    • (as Jia-Jun Sun)
    Roy Cheung
    Roy Cheung
    • Mr. Chan
    • (voice)
    Po-chun Chow
    Hsien Yu
    Julien Carbon
    • French tourist
    • (uncredited)
    Laurent Courtiaud
    • French reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Charles de Gaulle
    Charles de Gaulle
    • Self (1966 visit to Cambodia)
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Kar-Wai Wong
    • Writer
      • Kar-Wai Wong
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Director Kar-Wai Wong was shooting the ending and editing the film a little over a week before its debut at Cannes.
    • Goofs
      When Mr. Chow is waiting with Mrs. Chan for the rain to stop, he is suddenly completely dry despite running through the rain only moments earlier.
    • Quotes

      Caption: He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Mission: Impossible II/Running Free/Passion of Mind/Big Momma's House (2000)
    • Soundtracks
      Yumeji's Theme
      Composed and recorded by Shigeru Umebayashi (as Umebayashi Shigeru)

      Courtesy of Emotion Music Co., Ltd.

    User reviews495

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    Featured review
    9/10
    what a poetic way to make a film....
    When I fist watched the movie, I said to myself, "so a film can be made like this." Wong Kar Wai's gorgeous poetic love story captured me throughout and even after the film. I must admit this is one of the best love movies, maybe the best of all, I have ever watched. The content and the form overlaps perfectly. As watching the secret love we see the characters in bounded frames that limits their movements as well as their feelings. Beautiful camera angles and the lighting makes the feelings and the blues even touchable. I want to congratulate Christopher Doyle and Pin Bing Lee for their fantastic cinematography which creates the mood for love. Also the music defines the sadness of the love which plays along the beautiful slow motion frames and shows the characters in despairing moods. And of course the performances of the actors which makes the love so real. Eventually, all the elements in the film combined in a perfect way under the direction of WKW and give the audience the feeling called love.
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    • lilaqueen
    • Sep 2, 2004

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    • Release date
      • March 9, 2001 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Hong Kong
      • France
    • Official site
      • Criterion (United States)
    • Languages
      • Cantonese
      • Shanghainese
      • French
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Three Stories About Food
    • Filming locations
      • Thailand
    • Production companies
      • Jet Tone Production
      • Block 2 Pictures
      • Paradis Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,738,980
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $113,280
      • Feb 4, 2001
    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,204,632
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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