Fa yeung nin wa [In The Mood For Love] (2000)

Storyline:
A story set in Hong Kong, 1962, Chow Mo-Wan is a newspaper editor who moves with his wife to a new building. In the meanwhile, Su Li-zhen, an elegant secretary and her executive husband also move in to the same crowded building.
With their spouses often away, Chow and Li-zhen spend most of their time together as friends, discovering how much they have in common.
Soon, they are shocked as they discover that their spouses are having an affair with each other.
Hurt and angry, they find comfort in their growing friendship even as they resolve not to be like their unfaithful spouses.

Director: Kar Wai Wong
Writers: Kar Wai Wong
Stars: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ping Lam
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118694/

Year: 2000
Genre: Romance, Drama
Country: China

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Review:
This movie is a feast for the eyes and succor for the soul. Highly recommended to anyone who has ever felt the fear and lure of falling in love.
Kai War Wong made a fantastic job on creating the perfect intimate scenario to tell such story. Credits to the main actors aswell, who made the movie deserve so many positive ratings with terrific interpretations and acting.
Unlike most movies, there is a lot of unspoken poetry in this one, full of well-disguised tension and lovelorn anguish.
This film is centered on the feeling, keeping it simple: pure, painful romantic longing.

Personal Rating: 8/10

Posted in: 2000,China,Drama,Romance