Movie Description
In the Mood for Love is a 2000 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung. The film premiered on 20 May 2000, at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or.
The film's original Chinese title, meaning "the age of blossoms" or "the flowery years" - Chinese metaphor for the fleeting time of youth, beauty and love - derives from a song of the same name by Zhou Xuan from a 1946 film. The English title derives from the song, "I'm in the Mood for Love". Wong had planned to name the film Secrets, until listening to the song late in post-production. The film forms the second part of an informal trilogy, together with the first part Days of Being Wild (released in 1991) and the last part 2046 (released in 2004).
In 2000, Empire ranked the film No. 42 in its "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" list. It was ranked 95th on "100 Best Films from 1983 to 2008" by Entertainment Weekly. In November 2009, Time Out New York ranked the film as the fifth-best of the decade, calling it the "consummate unconsummated love story of the new millennium."
