IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

  • 2020
  • Cannes Classics
  • Tribute

In 1962 Hong Kong, an editor-in-chief named Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung) moves into a new apartment with his wife, who he sees very little of as she if often busy with urgent business. The same day, secretary Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung) moves in next door with her exporter husband, who travels regularly for business. The two couples have no real relationship – except for bumping into each other on the stairway when they go out shopping. Their shared loneliness and clear similarities bring Su Li-Zhen and Chow Mo-Wan closer together, until one day they suddenly learn that their spouses are having an affair together…


Year of production: 2000
Country: Hong Kong, France
Duration: 98

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ACCATTONE

Pier Paolo PASOLINI

ALIDA

(ALIDA VALLI: IN HER OWN WORDS) Mimmo VERDESCA

ANTENA DA RAÇA

(RACE ANTENNA) Paloma ROCHA, Luís ABRAMO

BAMBARU AVITH

(THE WASPS ARE HERE) Dharmasena PATHIRAJA

BE WATER

Bao NGUYEN

BELUSHI

R.J. CUTLER

CHARLIE CHAPLIN, LE GÉNIE DE LA LIBERTÉ

(CHARLIE CHAPLIN, THE GENIUS OF LIBERTY) Yves JEULAND

DEVETI KRUG

(THE NINTH CIRCLE) France STIGLIC

FELDOBOTT KŐ

(UPTHROWN STONE) Sándor SÁRA

FELLINI DEGLI SPIRITI

(FELLINI OF THE SPIRITS) Anselma DELL’OLIO

HESTER STREET

Joan Micklin SILVER

IYULSKIY DOZHD

(JULY RAIN) Marlen KHUTSIEV

KO TO TAMO PEVA?

(WHO'S SINGIN' OVER THERE?) Slobodan SIJAN

L’AMÉRIQUE INSOLITE

(AMERICA AS SEEN BY A FRENCHMAN) François REICHENBACH

L’AVVENTURA

Michelangelo ANTONIONI

LA PERMISSION

(THE STORY OF A THREE DAY PASS) Melvin VAN PEEBLES

LA POUPÉE

(THE DOLL) Jacques BARATIER

LA STRADA

(THE ROAD) Federico FELLINI

LUCI DEL VARIETÀ

(VARIETY LIGHTS) Alberto LATTUADA, Federico FELLINI

NEIGE

Juliet BERTO, Jean-Henri ROGER

PRAE DUM

(BLACK SILK) Rattana R.D. PESTONJI

PRÉPAREZ VOS MOUCHOIRS

(GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS) Bertrand BLIER

QUAND LES FEMMES ONT PRIS LA COLERE

Soizick CHAPPEDELAINE VAUTIER SOIZICK, Rene VAUTIER

SANATORIUM POD KLEPSYDRA

(THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM) Wojciech J. HAS

SHATRANJ-E BAAD

(THE CHESS GAME OF THE WIND) Mohammad Reza ASLANI

WIM WENDERS, DESPERADO

Eric FRIEDLER, Andreas FREGE

ZHU FU

(NEW YEAR SACRIFICE) Hu SANG

À BOUT DE SOUFFLE

(BREATHLESS) Jean-Luc GODARD