Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Hero?s Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Su Li-zhen (Irma Vep?s Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite?until a discovery about t... more »heir spouses sparks an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, In the Mood for Love, directed by Wong Kar-wai (Chungking Express), is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching musical soundtrack and its exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle (2046) and Mark Lee Ping-bin (Flight of the Red Balloon), this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past decade of cinema, as well as a milestone in Wong?s redoubtable career.« less