In the Mood for Love + In the Mood for Love 2001

Opens Friday, June 27, 2025

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25th Anniversary! Each screening will be followed by Wong Kar Wai’s never-before available short, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 2001.

Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) 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 musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past 25 years of cinema.

Initially conceived as one third of a triptych about food, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE was expanded into a stand-alone feature that won immediate recognition as a modern-day classic. Another third—intended as the “dessert,” as Wong Kar Wai has put it—was, until now, only screened during his masterclass at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Now available in wide release for the first time, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE 2001 (9 min) demonstrates the director’s masterful ability to generate palpable atmosphere and striking characterizations on a miniature canvas—with IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE stars Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung Man Yuk once again providing the sizzling chemistry— evoking the mystery of transient, unexpected connections in the modern city through his inimitable romantic touch.

  • Country Hong Kong
  • Language Cantonese with English subtitles
  • Year 2000 + 2001
  • Running Time 107 minutes
  • Format DCP
  • Distributor Janus
  • Director Wong Kar Wai
  • Cast Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung
  • Accessibility Assistive Listening, T-Coil

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