Awards and festivals
World premiere: Cannes Film Festival
Asian Film Critics Association Awards 2005 - Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Screenplay
European Film Awards 2004 - Screen International Award
Golden Bauhinia Awards 2005 - Best Actor, Best Cinematography
Golden Horse FF 2004 - Best Art Direction, Best Original Film Score
Hong Kong Film Awards 2005 - Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design and Make Up, Best Original Film Score
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards 2005 - Best Actor, Best Actress
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 2006 - Best Cinematography
Tallinn Black Nights FF 2004 - Best Actor, Special Jury Prize for Cinematography
Credits
Hong Kong 2004
Duration: 128’
director:
Wong Kar Wai
screenplay:
Wong Kar Wai
cinematography:
Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai, Kwan Pun Leung
editing:
William Chan Suk Ping
music:
Peer Raben, Shigeru Umebayashi
cast:
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Gong Li, Faye Wong, Takuya Kimura, Ziyi Zhang, Carina Lau, Chang Chen, Dong Jie, Maggie Cheung, Bird Thongchai McIntyre
producer:
Wong Kar Wai, Eric Heumann, Ren Zhonglun, Zhu Yongde
executive producer:
Chan Ye Cheng, Ren Zhonglun
production:
Jet Tone Films Ltd
Polish distributor:
Pięć Smaków Kino Azji
language:
Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin
colouration:
colour
Film description
The eponymous date is also the number of the room in which Su Li-Zhen lived when she met Chow Mo-Wan. The writer returns to the place connecting him to his old, unfulfilled love. In the numerous romances with other women, he is looking for inspiration for his futuristic novel. Can the void the memories left in him be filled in? Is jumping into the past, into the utopia that allows you to reclaim your lost lovers, a soothing fantasy or does is cause even more pain?
The fragmentary post-scriptum to "In the Mood for Love," dispersed among several stories, escapes the formula of a typical sequel to a melodrama. Here, the retro glamour meets the soaring, cyberpunk scenery, cyborgs wear pearl earrings, and the eclectic vision of the director weaves together the most characteristic themes of his previous films – from sensual tension to hectic vibrations.
Wong Kar Wai
Selected filmography:
1988 Kiedy łzy przeminą / Wong Gok ka moon / As Tears Go By
1990 Dni naszego szaleństwa / Ah Fei jing juen / Days of Being Wild
1994 Chungking Express
1995 Upadłe anioły / Duo luo tian shi / Fallen Angels
1997 Happy Together / Chun gwong cha sit
2000 Spragnieni miłości / Fa yeung nin wa / In the Mood for Love
2004 2046
2013 Wielki mistrz / Yi dai zong shi / The Grandmaster
