In the Mood for Love is not a date movie. It is a rainy-Sunday-alone movie. It is a text-your-ex-and-then-delete-it movie. It is a film for anyone who has ever felt a feeling they were not allowed to name.
Released in 2000, is a landmark of world cinema directed by Wong Kar-wai . Set in the socially conservative atmosphere of 1962 Hong Kong, the film follows two neighbors, Su Li-zhen ( Maggie Cheung ) and Chow Mo-wan ( Tony Leung ), who discover their respective spouses are having an affair . Rather than a typical story of infidelity, the film is a masterful exploration of "exquisite melancholy," focusing on the repressed desire and loneliness of the victims as they bond over their shared heartbreak. Narrative and Themes in the mood for love wong kar-wai