Rent In the Mood for Love (2000)
4.0 of 5 from 348 ratings
1h 34min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Hong Kong, 1962. Chow (Tony Leung) is a junior newspaper editor with an elusive wife. His new neighbour Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung) is a secretary whose husband seems to spend all his time on business trips. They become friends, making the lonely evenings more bearable. As their relationship develops they make a discovery that changes their lives forever...
- Actors:
- Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ping Lam Siu, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Kelly Lai Chen, Man-Lei Chan, Kam-wah Koo, Szu-ying Chien, Paulyn Sun, Roy Cheung, Po-chun Chow, Hsien Yu, Julien Carbon, Laurent Courtiaud, Charles de Gaulle
- Directors:
- Kar-Wai Wong
- Producers:
- Kar-Wai Wong
- Voiced By:
- Roy Cheung, Paulyn Sun
- Writers:
- Kar-Wai Wong
- Others:
- Christopher Doyle, Li Ping-Bin Mark, William Chang Suk Ping, Tony Leung Chiu Wai
- Aka:
- Hua yang nian hua
- Studio:
- Tartan
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch If You Liked One Night in Miami..., Acting Up: Top 10 Performances At Cannes, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 2, Top Films of 1990: Vol. 2, What to Watch Next If You Liked Brief Encounter
- Countries:
- Hong Kong
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 31/05/2021
- Run Time:
- 99 minutes
- Languages:
- Cantonese DTS 5.1, Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New program in which Wong answers questions submitted by authors Andre Aciman and Jonathan Lethem; filmmakers Sofia Coppola, Rian Johnson, Lisa Joy, and Chloe Zhao; cinematographers Philippe Le Sourd and Bradford Young; and filmmakers and founders/creative directors of Rodarte Kate and Laura Mulleavy
- Extended version of 'The Hand', a 2004 short film by Wong, available in the U.S. for the first time Hua yang de nian hua, a 2000 short film by Wong
- Interview and "cinema lesson" with Wong from 2001
- Several programs featuring interviews with Wong; cinematographer Christopher Doyle; actors Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Chang Chen, Faye Wong, and Ziyi Zhang; and others
- Program from 2012 on 'In the Mood for Love's soundtrack
- Deleted scenes, alternate endings, behind-the-scenes footage, a promo reel, music videos, and trailers
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Reviews (4) of In the Mood for Love
Something Unspoken. - In the Mood for Love review by Steve
This scores twice, both as a romance about an unconsummated love affair in Hong Kong in the early '60s, and also as cinematic art. Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung update Brief Encounter (1945) in this heartbreaker about neighbours who find themselves sadly alone when their spouses engage in a clandestine affair.
They never even share a kiss, but in terms of simpatico screen chemistry the stars are the Bogart and Bergman of the new millennium. Plus the stunning costumes, hair, makeup, especially Ms. Cheung's traditional Chinese dresses. The hugely emotional coda is overwhelming, and I'm still choking back a sob right now.
And there are so many other incidental pleasures. Most ostentatiously there's Christopher Doyle's expressionist photography of the lodgings and passageways in their run down guest house, with the minimal depth of field. Plus the palpable textures of the set design, the illuminated cigarette smoke and the faded elegance.
Slowly a sense of memory disturbs the surface until the atmos becomes dreamlike, enhanced by the ambient music, the cocktail samba and the cello waltz... There is some of the glamour of early Hollywood, with an elevated style which reaches back to Joseph von Sternberg. This is Wong Kar-Wai's masterpiece.
5 out of 5 members found this review helpful.
An Oniric Hong Kong - In the Mood for Love review by VA
A ravishing portrayal of Hong Kong of a city and people who live cheek by jowl yet able to maintain their individuality. An unusual and very moving exploration of two people who are ineluctably attracted to each other but must stay apart.
5 out of 6 members found this review helpful.
Be in the mood - In the Mood for Love review by CP Customer
This is a lovely film, and certainly beautifully filmed. It draws you in, but you definitely have to be in the right mood.
3 out of 4 members found this review helpful.