In the Mood For Love

Join the Asian Cinema Collective for thier first screening of 2025 at the Chinatown Cinema.

Set against the backdrop of 1960s Hong Kong, this film transports us into a world of dimly lit corridors and staircases, smokey noodle stalls, incredible qi paos and forbidden connections. Neighbours Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung) are drawn together by a shared betrayal (through a shared wall), and find themselves in a slow dance of restraint and missed moments.

Starring frequent Wong Kar Wai collaborators Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung, In The Mood For Love transforms everyday moments such as a slow walk down an alley or borrowing a book into profound moments of yearning. Filmmakers such as Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation), and Park Chan-wook (The Handmaiden) have cited the film as a significant influence on their work, for its visual and narrative poetry and exploration of intimacy and restraint.