In the Mood for Love
- Fri, Jan 31
- Sat, Feb 1
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Wong Kar-Wai Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 2000
Starring: Kelly Lai Chen, Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Rebecca Pan, Siu Ping-lam, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
Wong Kar-Wai Month comes to an end the only way we know how: screening the iconic filmmaker’s year 2000 masterpiece In The Mood For Love.
The story follows Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung), neighbors who discover that their spouses are having an affair. As they grapple with this betrayal, they form a bond over their shared pain, reenacting their spouses’ infidelity in a bid to understand it. Despite their growing feelings for each other, they remain bound by societal expectations and their own moral codes, creating a story brimming with unspoken emotions and unfulfilled desires.
Defining an aesthetic for an entire generation of films and filmmakers, In The Mood For Love remains one of the most lauded and celebrated movies ever made, currently residing at #5 overall on Sight And Sound’s Greatest Films Of All Time list.