IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE premiered in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. For the film, Tony Leung became the first Hong Kong actor to be awarded the Best Actor Prize, while Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bing and William Chang received the Grand Prize of the Superior Technical Commission. In 2017, L’Immagine Ritrovata commenced on the 4K digital restoration of the film in Bologna and Hong Kong under the supervision of Wong Kar Wai.
Synopsis
In bustling 1962 Hong Kong, Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) moves into a new apartment with his wife. The same day Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung) moves in next door with her husband. The two have no real relationship – they pass each other on the stairway going out to get food – until both suddenly grasp that their spouses are having an affair together. As they begin meeting to ponder this shared infidelity, Li-Zhen and Mo-Wan start to feel emotions they are not sure they can, or should, express.
General Screening at these locations at prevailing ticket prices:
GSC
Aurum Theatre
Velvet
Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2000, to critical acclaim and a nomination for the Palme d'Or. It is often listed as one of the greatest films of all time and one of the major works of Asian cinema.
53rd Cannes Film Festival (Year 2000)
- Best Actor (Tony Leung Chiu Wai)
- Technical Grand Prize for Christopher Doyle (Cinematography), Mark Lee Ping Bing (Cinematography) and William Chang Suk Ping (Editing)
International Festival of New Cinema & New Media, Montreal (Year 2000)
- Laurentian Bank Feature Film Award
Hamburg Film Festival (Year 2000)
- Douglas Sirk Awards (Wong Kar Wai)
Asia Pacific Film Festival (Year 2000)
- Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bing)
- Best Editing (William Chang Suk Ping)
37th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (Year 2000)
- Best Actress (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk)
- Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bing)
- Best Costumes (William Chang Suk Ping)
European Film Awards (Year 2000)
- Screen International Award for Best Non-European film
Valdivia International Film Festival (Year 2001)
- Best Film
Lola Film Awards (Year 2001)
- Best Foreign-Language Film
Cesar Awards (Year 2001)
- Best Foreign-Language Film
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (Year 2001)
- Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bing)
- Best Foreign-Language Film Runner Up
British Independent Film Awards (Year 2001)
- Best Foreign Independent Film – Foreign Language
20th Hong Kong Film Awards (Year 2001)
- Best Actor (Tony Leung Chiu Wai)
- Best Actress (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk)
- Best Art Direction (William Chang Suk Ping)
- Best Film Editing (William Chang Suk Ping)
- Best Costume Design (William Chang Suk Ping)
Golden Bauhinia Awards, Hong Kong (Year 2001)
- Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bing)
New York Films Critics Circle Awards (Year 2001)
- Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bing)
- Best Foreign-Language Film
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards (Year 2001)
Best Director (Wong Kar Wai)
- Film of Merit
Asian Film Critics Association Awards (Year 2001)
- Best Actress (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk)
Chinese Film Media Awards (Year 2001)
- Best Actor (Tony Leung Chiu Wai)
- Best Actress (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk)
- Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bing)
Durban International Film Festival (Year 2001)
- Best Lead Performance (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk)
Uruguayan Film Critics Association (Year 2001)
- Best Film
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA (Year 2002)
- Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bing)
- Best Foreign-Language Film
Argentinian Film Critics Association Awards (Year 2002)
- Best Foreign Film
Chlotrudis Awards (Year 2002)
- Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle, Mark Lee Ping Bing)
- Best Movie
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain (Year 2002)
- Best Foreign Film
Fotogramas de Plata (Year 2002)
- Best Foreign Film
SESC Film Festival, Brazil (Year 2002)
- Best Foreign Film
- Best Foreign Director (Wong Kar Wai)