And the mood is everything in acclaimed Hong Kong director Wong Kar-Wai's sad,
achingly beautiful love story. On the same sweltering day in 1962, newspaper
editor Mr. Chow (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and shipping firm secretary Mrs. Chan
(Maggie Cheung) move into adjoining apartments in the same Hong Kong apartment
complex. Both are desperately lonely — his wife is always working late;
her husband is away for weeks at a time "on business" — but they remain
only passing acquaintances until they realize that their respective spouses
are having an affair. Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan begin spending evenings out in
each other's company, assuming the identities...
Released:
2000
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
98 mins