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2046 is a 2004 romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai. An international co-production between Hong Kong, France, Italy, China and Germany, it is a loose sequel to Wong's films Days of Being Wild (1990) and In the Mood for Love (2000).
In 1962 British Hong Kong, Shanghainese expatriates Chow Mo-wan, a journalist, and Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan), a secretary at a shipping company, rent rooms in adjacent apartments.
Sep 29, 2004 · It tells the tale of an emotionally wrecked man, Chow Mo Wan (played by Tony Leung), a reprised character from Wong's critically acclaimed earlier oeuver, _In the Mood for Love (2000)_, and the many beautiful women he keeps and fails to keep, in a time-space continuance that is laden with sepia-tinted memories: a monologue, if you ...
May 21, 2024 · As a microcosm for the 60s Hong Kong of Wong’s childhood, In The Mood For Love exists in winding alleys lit by neon lights, where cracked concrete walls and peeling wallpaper allude to the country’s nearby transformation into metropolitan super-city.
In the Mood for Love. Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-Wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and Su Li-Zhen (Maggie Cheung Man Yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them.
- Su Li-Zhen, Chow Mo-Wan
Oct 20, 2016 · Since those three Wong films occupy successive periods of the 60s and have some common personages in their stories, they are sometimes referred to as a trilogy. However, the linkage with Days of Being Wild is rather weak, and familiarity with that story is not necessary for appreciating 2046 .
Jan 23, 2021 · Days of Being Wild begins to flesh out the Wong Kar Wai’s cinematic world, using the potent imagery of early 60’s Hong Kong and the Philippines to entangle a dazzling cast into a whirlwind of brisk connections that were destined to never fully materialise.
