Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 44 wins & 50 nominations total
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
- Chow Mo-wan
- (as Tony Chiu Wai Leung)
Siu Ping-Lam
- Ah Ping
- (as Ping-Lam Siu)
Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung
- Man living in Mr. Koo's apartment
- (as Tung Joe Cheung)
Kelly Lai Chen
- Mr. Ho
- (as Lai Chen)
Szu-Ying Chien
- Amah
- (as Tsi-Ang Chin)
Paulyn Sun
- Mrs. Chow
- (voice)
- (as Jia-Jun Sun)
Roy Cheung
- Mr. Chan
- (voice)
Julien Carbon
- French tourist
- (uncredited)
Laurent Courtiaud
- French reporter
- (uncredited)
Charles de Gaulle
- Self (1966 visit to Cambodia)
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDirector Kar-Wai Wong was shooting the ending and editing the film a little over a week before its debut at Cannes.
- GoofsWhen Mr. Chow is waiting with Mrs. Chan for the rain to stop, he is suddenly completely dry despite running through the rain only moments earlier.
- Quotes
Caption: He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct.
- Alternate versions32 minutes was cut off the end of the film by Wong before release. These additional scenes take place in years subsequent to the film's original ending in 1966, extending into the 1970s, where Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan meet again several times. The scenes have been included on Criterion's DVD release of the film in 4 bonus tracks, and are available for streaming on the Criterion Channel. The scenes are as follows: Room 2046 (8:05), Postcards (8:27), The Seventies (9:00), A Last Encounter (7:53).
- SoundtracksYumeji's Theme
Composed and recorded by Shigeru Umebayashi (as Umebayashi Shigeru)
Courtesy of Emotion Music Co., Ltd.
Featured review
When I fist watched the movie, I said to myself, "so a film can be made like this." Wong Kar Wai's gorgeous poetic love story captured me throughout and even after the film. I must admit this is one of the best love movies, maybe the best of all, I have ever watched. The content and the form overlaps perfectly. As watching the secret love we see the characters in bounded frames that limits their movements as well as their feelings. Beautiful camera angles and the lighting makes the feelings and the blues even touchable. I want to congratulate Christopher Doyle and Pin Bing Lee for their fantastic cinematography which creates the mood for love. Also the music defines the sadness of the love which plays along the beautiful slow motion frames and shows the characters in despairing moods. And of course the performances of the actors which makes the love so real. Eventually, all the elements in the film combined in a perfect way under the direction of WKW and give the audience the feeling called love.
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- Also known as
- The Age of Blossoms
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,738,980
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $113,280
- Feb 4, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $15,064,528
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1(original aspect ratio & theatrical release)
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