《花樣年華》 In The Mood For Love (2000)
Synopsis:
Hong Kong 1962, Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), a journalist, rents a room from Mr. Koo. He will live there with his wife, a hotel receptionist. It’s sheer coincidence that he moves in the same day that Su Lizhen (Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk) moves in next door, at Mrs Suen’s place. Lizhen 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 is working her shift at the hotel at the time of the move. Lizhen’s husband, Mr Chan, is away on a business trip; he works for a Japanese company, and is often abroad. Despite having convivial and neighbourly landlords, Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan often find themselves alone and lonely in their respective rooms.
Neither of them ever finds out how it began, but Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan discover that their respective spouses are having an affair. The discovery shocks both of them. Chow, feeling hurt and wishing to understand how the affair happened, begins finding excuses to spend time with Mrs. Chan. They begin rehearsing what they will say to their spouses when they confront them with what they know. Then Mr. Chow invites Mrs. Chan to help him with a martial-arts series that he is writing for the newspaper. Their meetings are discreet, but people begin to notice. There seems no possibility that they, too, will drift into 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.
Four years later, as a Singapore-based reporter covering General De Gaulle’s visit to Cambodia, Chow Mo-wan finds himself remembering an old story about a way of unburdening yourself of a secret you don’t want anyone to know.
Film Awards:
- Cannes Film Festival 2000 – Best Actor (photos, video, CNN interview)
- Hong Kong Film Awards 2001 – Best Actor (photos, audio)
Hong Kong Film Awards (Best Actor, Best Actress)
第20屆香港電影金像獎
最佳男主角(梁朝偉)
最佳女主角(張曼玉)
Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards (Best Actress)
台灣第37屆金馬獎
最佳女主角(張曼玉)
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards (Best Director)
2000年度香港電影評論學會大獎
最佳導演(王家衛)
Cannes Film Festival (Best Actor)
第53屆康城影展
最佳男主角(梁朝偉)
Chinese Interview Articles:
Chinese News Articles:
- 2001: 《花样年华》 梁朝伟12部代表作
- 2001: 梁朝伟倾吐秘密 《花样年华》为何经典
- 2000: 改变是一种传奇–评王家卫、梁朝伟、张曼玉
- 2000: 追随《花样年华》在上海的13个小时
- 2000: 梁朝伟和四个女大学生的故事
- 2000: 梁朝伟 一个如此纤细的男人
- 2000: 梁朝伟-我生命中的《花样年华》是现在
- 2000: 王家卫解读最新力作《花样年华》
English Interview Articles:
- 2001: In the mood for Love
- 2001: Director creates the right ‘Mood’…
- 2001: In a Sentimental ‘Mood’
- 2000: Swept away by In the Mood for Love
- 2000: Wong’s Wild and Crazy Technique
- 2000: Sight and Sound interview with WKW
- 2000: Von Trier’s ‘Dancer’ feat Palme d’Or
- 2000: In The Mood For Love
- 2000: ITMFL Simmers With Secrets, Passion
ITMFL Reviews & Related News
More Reviews & Interviews:
- Asian films rock Cannes – May 23, 2000
- Cannes today – May 25, 2000
- I romance on my own at sea – October 10, 2000
- No more in his moods – November 4, 2000
- Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung in Rotterdam
- In the Mood for Love-Summer 2001
- IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE-Variety, May 29, 2000
- Swept away; A new film classic; In the Mood for Love
- ITMFL reviewed by Roger Ebert
- Tony/Maggie’s 2000 Toronto press conference for ITMFL – Pt 1
- ITMFL Criterion Collection Extras Description
- ITMFL Documentary
- ITMFL made the list of The 30 most romantic films ever
- Why TL becomes TL?
- StudioLA’s Wendy Chan interviews Wong Kar-wai: ITMFL
- StudioLA’s Wendy Chan interviews: Maggie Cheung ITFML
- StudioLA’s Wendy Chan interviews: Tony Leung ITMFL
- March, 2000– In the Mood for Love by Boston Phoenix
- February 16, 2001 Let’s talk about love
- How did “In the Mood for Love” come to be?
- In The Mood For Love – Sight & Sound
Multimedia:
Promotion:
- Hong Kong Premier (Sept 2000)
- Official Footage
- New York – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
- Korea – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- Taiwan – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
- Promotion in China - (Tony and Maggie singing ITMFL)