In the Mood for Love

Year: 2000

Country: Hong Kong, China

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

Plot: Two couples Mr and Mrs Chan ( Mrs Chan played by Maggie Cheung ) and Mr and Mrs Chow ( Mr Chow played by Tony Leung Chiu Wai ) move into the same building on the same day. Both spend much time alone as their respective spouses work long hours. One day they discover when talking things over that their spouses are having an affaire. The two lonely hurt people come together as friends and try to reproduce the infidelity of their husband and wife whilst analysing just how it happened. Deciding in doing so to avoid the usual clichés and above all not become like 'them' they end up by falling in love for real. In becoming what they had objected to and despised they break up and leave for different lives. In the end of the movie we learn that both of the couples have split up and are alone. Mrs Chan has a son which we assume could be Mr Chow's although their 'union' was never actually shown, but implied. A divine movie with a beautiful haunting music and fabulous photography. Stephanie MurrayA charming story with a simple plot. Tony Leung, a journalist in Hong Kong and Maggie Cheung, who lives with her husband are next door neighbors. They suddenly fall in wrong love. What will they do to hide it ?

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