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photo credit: © 2000 USA Films
AC Team's Wendy Chan interviews the stars and director:
Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, Wong Kar-waiOfficial Site: http://www.wkw-inthemoodforlove.com
The Story Line:
Hong Kong, 1962. The city is tranquil and courteous. The population is divided between indigenous Cantonese Chinese and immigrants from mainland China. The mood is cautiously optimistic as the economy (following the example set by nearby Japan) is beginning to take off. Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), a journalist, rents a room in an apartment in a building
mainly inhabited by the Shanghainese community. It's sheer coincidence that he moves in the same day that Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) moves in next door, to a room in Mrs. Suen's (Rebecca Pan) place. Li-zhen works as a secretary to Mr. Ho (Lai Chin), the boss of a shipping company. It's also a coincidence that both of them are moving in without help from their spouses. Chow's wife, a hotel receptionist, is working her
shift at the hotel at the time of the move. Li-zhen's husband, Mr. Chan, is away on a business trip: he works for a Japanese company, and is often abroad. Despite having convivial and neighborly landlords, Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan often find themselves alone and lonely in their respective rooms. They never have a real conversation until Mr. Chow realizes that their respective
spouses are having an affair. This discovery shocks both of them. Mr. Chow, feeling hurt and wishing to understand how the affair happened, begins finding excuses to spend time with Mrs. Chan. First, they rehearse what they will say to their spouses when they confront them with what they know; then, Mr. Chow invites Mrs. Chan to collaborate with him on a martial-arts story that he is writing for his newspaper. Their meetings are
discreet, but people begin to notice. There seems no possibility that they, too, will have an affair. But Mrs. Chan's emotional reticence begins to haunt Mr. Chow, and he finds his feelings changing. It's almost like being in love... --------------------
Related:
AC Interviews Actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai
AC Interviews Actress Maggie Cheung Man-yuk
AC Interviews Director Wong Kar-wai
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About In the Mood for Love
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