In the Mood for Love

Details

Instance of

film

Publication date

20 May 2000, 30 November 2000, 29 September 2000, 8 November 2000, 9 March 2001

Part of the series

Love trilogy, BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century

Director

Wong Kar-wai

Composer

Michael Galasso, Shigeru Umebayashi

Genre

romance film, drama film

Main subject

fleeting relationship, marriage, infidelity, Sehnsucht, human bonding, neighbor, romantic love

Awards

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography, César Award for Best Foreign Film, German Film Award for Best No-German Film, European Film Award for Best Non-European Film

assessment

Bechdel test, reverse Bechdel Test, Mako Mori test, reverse Mako Mori test, Vito Russo test, Riz Test, Landau Test, reverse Landau Test, Waithe Test, reverse Waithe Test, Feldman Test, Tyrion Test

BBFC rating

PG certificate

box office

2738980, 14202625

cast member

Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Joe Cheung Tung-joe, Rebecca Pan, Roy Cheung, Paulyn Sun, Chin Tsi-ang, Julien Carbon, Laurent Courtiaud, Ping Lam Siu, Kelly Lai Chen

CNC film rating (France)

no age restriction

color

color

country of origin

Hong Kong, France, Thailand

director of photography

Christopher Doyle, Kwan Pun Leung, Mark Lee Ping Bin

distributed by

Universal Pictures

distribution format

video on demand

duration

98

EIRIN film rating

G

film editor

William Chang

filming location

Macau

FSK film rating

FSK 6

has characteristic

title for Spain

IGAC rating

M/12

Kijkwijzer rating

AL

‎LSF rating

17+

Medierådet rating

Suitable for a general audience

MPA film rating

PG

narrative location

Hong Kong, Shanghai, Angkor Wat

nominated for

Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language, Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film, Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Director, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film, German Film Award for Best No-German Film

original language of film or TV show

Cantonese

producer

Wong Kar-wai

review score

7.9/10, 92%, 87/100, 8.0/10

screenwriter

Wong Kar-wai

set in period

1962, 1963, 1966

title

花樣年華

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