Information
- BFI identifier572842
- Date2000 (Copyright)
- Production countryHong Kong, France
- Production company
- SynopsisThe 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. (Synopsis)
- Genre
- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Wong Kar Wai
©/Presented by: Block 2 Pictures
Production Company: Jet Tone Production
view all - CastMaggie Cheung Man-yuk (Mrs Chan, née Su Lizhen)
Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Chow Mo-Wan)
Rebecca Pan Di-hua (Mrs Suen)
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Title
Huayang Nianhua (Original)
In the Mood for Love (Alternative)
Fa yeung nin wa (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/82EE-F735-9E22-2093-12B0-UCategory
Fiction- Collections
- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Polyester - Combined - Master
view all - Scripts / DocumentsEphemera - Publicity sheet - ITM-5590
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-572842
Unfilmable small pressbook held.
view all - StillsPhotograph: transparency - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00n-3xq
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-3xp
Photograph: transparency - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-3xo
Photograph: transparency - Portrait - Colour - bfi-00n-3xn
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view all - ArticlesFilm Review n605 May 2001 - ReviewPremiere v14 n5 January 2001 - ArticleSight and Sound v10 n11 November 2000 - Credits, Review, SynopsisSight and Sound v10 n7 July 2000 - Short ArticleFade In v6 n2 2000 - Previewview all
- Books
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank programme notes September/October 2014
BFI Southbank Programme Notes December 2015
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +Huayang Nianhua
Work - 572842 - 2000 (Copyright)
Hong Kong - Film - Fiction
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