In the Mood for Love

Name: In the Mood for Love
Director: Wong Kar-wai
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2000
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Rating: 8.094

Feel the heat, keep the feeling burning, let the sensation explode.

2000·Directed by Wong Kar-wai·4.4·1h 39m

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Drama Romance Hong Kong France

Taking place in Hong Kong of 1962, a melancholy story about the love between a woman and a man who live in the same building and one day find out that their husband and wife had an affair with each other.

Recommended by 7 People

“Wong Kar Wai taught me about color, atmosphere, love. This movie is a testament to mood and character and subtext. And it's just so damned beautiful to look at.”

Nia DaCosta

Director, Writer

“Probably one of the most beautiful movies ever.”

Nicholas Hoult

Actor

“He created something that has become what people use as their template.”

Lucy Liu

Actor

“I just remember being completely transformed, not just by the beautiful images, but the beauty of storytelling through camera, the quietness of his camera.”

Diane Kruger

Actor

“In its beautiful directness the movie has so many secrets. The final scene, when finally the lover releases himself and tells his truth in the rocks in Cambodia, it's one of the great moments of cinema.”