Huayang Nianhua (Original title)In the Mood for Love (Alternative title)Fa yeung nin wa (Alternative title)
Date: 2000 (Copyright)Countries: Hong Kong, FranceDirector: Wong Kar Wai
Production company billing: ©2000. Block 2 Pictures Inc. Fortissimo Sales presents Block 2 Pictures/Paradis Films present a Jet Tone Films production In Colour Dolby Digital Subtitles [1.66:1] (International Sales: Fortissimo Film Sales, Amsterdam.)
Synopsis: The story begins in the early 'sixties. Li-zhen, a pretty young woman, works as a secretary in an export office in Hong Kong. Her husband works for a Japanese company, in a job which often keeps him away from home. Across the hall, Chow, a magazine editor, lives with his wife, who is also often away. Little by little Li-zhen and Chow strike up a friendship. By chance, they discover that their respective spouses are having an affair. Drawn together due to the situation, the two fall in love, and Chow asks Li-zhen to leave home and go with him to Singapore.
Genres: Drama, Romance
Subject: Love affairs
Releases
Date: 2000not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 98 mins Length: 8808 FeetLanguage: Chinese, Cantonese
Date: 2021Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): Chinese, Cantonese / Subtitles: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedStock date: 2021BFI identifier: N-5275946
Status: Master - Access to film print is subject to clearance
Date: 2000 (Copyright)Countries: Hong Kong, FranceDirector: Wong Kar Wai
Production company billing: ©2000. Block 2 Pictures Inc. Fortissimo Sales presents Block 2 Pictures/Paradis Films present a Jet Tone Films production In Colour Dolby Digital Subtitles [1.66:1] (International Sales: Fortissimo Film Sales, Amsterdam.)
Synopsis: The story begins in the early 'sixties. Li-zhen, a pretty young woman, works as a secretary in an export office in Hong Kong. Her husband works for a Japanese company, in a job which often keeps him away from home. Across the hall, Chow, a magazine editor, lives with his wife, who is also often away. Little by little Li-zhen and Chow strike up a friendship. By chance, they discover that their respective spouses are having an affair. Drawn together due to the situation, the two fall in love, and Chow asks Li-zhen to leave home and go with him to Singapore.
Genres: Drama, Romance
Subject: Love affairs
Releases
Date: 2000not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 98 mins Length: 8808 FeetLanguage: Chinese, Cantonese
Date: 2021Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundDialogue (original): Chinese, Cantonese / Subtitles: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedStock date: 2021BFI identifier: N-5275946
Status: Master - Access to film print is subject to clearance