In the Mood for Love

(Hong Kong / 2000 / Directed by Wong Kar Wai)

Two Shows Valentine’s Weekend:

With his lush and sensual images, pitch-perfect soundtracks, and soulful romanticism, Wong Kar Wai is one of the defining auteurs of contemporary cinema. Celebrate Valentine’s weekend with a restoration of one of his most exquisite titles, In the Mood for Love.

Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung) 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. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past two decades of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career. - Janus Films

This 4K digital restoration was undertaken from the 35mm original camera negative by the Criterion Collection in collaboration with L’Immagine Ritrovata and Jet Tone. It was supervised and approved by Wong Kar Wai.

PG / 1 hr 39 mins.
In Cantonese and Shanghainese with English subtitles