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Fa yeung nin wa (In the Mood for Love)

Rating:PG (for thematic elements and brief language)
Genre:Drama, Romance
Release Date:February 2, 2001
Running time:97 minutes
Cast:Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Lai Chin, Siu Ping-lam
Director:Wong Kar-wai
Producer:Wong Kar-wai
Writer:Wong Kar-wai
Distributor:USA Films

Description: Hong Kong, 1962. The city is tranquil and courteous, but divided between indigenous Cantonese Chinese and immigrants from mainland China. Through coincidence, Chow Mo-wan, a journalist, moves into an apartment building occupied mainly by Shanghainese at the same time as Su Li-zhen, a secretary, while their spouses are away. When Chow finds out their respective spouses are having an affair, the two of them grow closer as they commiserate, finding more and more excuses to spend time with each other.

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