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2046

29 November 2024

In the Playhouse

Cinema

Hong Kong | 2004 | Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin | Romance, Sci-Fi | Rated: M

Wong Kar Wai’s loose sequel to In the Mood for Love combines that film’s languorous air of romantic longing with a dizzying time-hopping structure and avant-sci-fi twist.

Seductively perplexing and devilishly good-looking.

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The 20th anniversary of Wong Kar Wai’s lyrical sequel to In the Mood for Love

Tony Leung Chiu Wai reprises his role as writer Chow Mo-Wan, whose numerous failed relationships with women who drift in and out of his life (and the one who goes in and out of room 2046, down the hall from his apartment) inspire the delirious futuristic love story he pens. 2046’s dazzling fantasy sequences give Wong and two of his key collaborators—cinematographer Christopher Doyle and editor/costume designer/production designer William Chang Suk Ping—license to let their imaginations run wild, propelling the sumptuous visuals and operatic emotions skyward toward the sublime.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

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Credits

Wong Kar Wai
Director & Writer

Wong Kar Wai, Éric Heumann, Ren Zhonglun, Zhu Yongde
Producers

Cast

Tony Leung Chiu Wai
as Chow Mo-Wan

Gong Li
as Su Li-Zhen/Black Spider

Faye Wong
as Wang Jing Wen/Android

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