In The Mood For Love
A tale of romantic yearning between two neighbours, this film garnered international success in the early 2000s and remains a classic to this day. Played by Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung, the pair develop a friendship once they suspect that their spouses are having an affair. In an attempt to not commit the same wrongs, the two resist the feelings they have developed for one another, creating this tense atmosphere of their unspoken passion.
Chungking Express
Chungking Express is a lesson about love and loss. It tells the stories of two heartbroken cops and explores the emotion of desire through a series of chance encounters and “what ifs”. The use of a handheld camera breathes a disorienting air into the production, creating an element of rawness and verisimilitude.
Days Of Being Wild
This film follows the protagonist, Yuddy, (portrayed by Leslie Cheung) and his misfortune with the women in his life. Romantically, he does not seem to reciprocate any strong feelings of affection towards the women whom he had developed relationships with. And he embarks on an aimless mission to connect with his birth mother after learning that his own had adopted him.
Fallen Angels
In true Wong Kar Wai style, the vivid use of colour and unconventional camera angles in this film detail the ongoings of two storylines that merge into one another. The cleaner of a solitary assassin (who does not cross paths with him) develops an obsession with our protagonist whilst a delinquent follows a girl’s pursuit in reuniting with her ex-lover.
2046
2046 is the third film in a loose trilogy following In the Mood for Love and Days Being Wild. It details the futuristic train that takes its passengers back in time to recapture past memories. The protagonist (played by Tony Leung) has a string of passionate affairs with various women who offer him inspiration for his writing.
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