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In the Mood for Love

2000 film directed by Wong Kar-wai
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Summary

In the Mood for Love is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,285 views/month, #726 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress[3], Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor[4], Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor[5], National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film[6], National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography[7], César Award for Best Foreign Film[8], German Film Award for Best No-German Film[9], European Film Award for Best Non-European Film[10]
  • Director: Wong Kar-wai[11]
  • Screenwriter: Wong Kar-wai[12]
  • Composer: Michael Galasso[13], Shigeru Umebayashi[14]
  • Genre: romance film[15], drama film[16]
  • Cast member: Maggie Cheung[17], Tony Leung[18], Joe Cheung[19], Rebecca Pan[20], Roy Cheung[21], Paulyn Sun[22], Chin Tsi-ang[23], Julien Carbon[24], Laurent Courtiaud[25], Ping Lam Siu[26], Kelly Lai Chen[27]
  • Producer: Wong Kar-wai[28]
  • Part of the series: Love trilogy[29], BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century[30]
  • Director of photography: Christopher Doyle[31], Kwan Pun Leung[32], Mark Lee Ping Bin[33]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Cantonese[34]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[35]
  • Review score: 7.9/10[36], 92%[37], 87/100[38], 8.0/10[39]
  • Color: color[40]
  • Country of origin: Hong Kong[41], France[42], Thailand[43]
  • Publication date: May 20, 2000[44], November 30, 2000[45], September 29, 2000[46], November 8, 2000[47], March 9, 2001[48]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[49]
  • Narrative location: Hong Kong[50], Shanghai[51], Angkor Wat[52]
  • Official website: http://www.wkw-inthemoodforlove.com/eng/homepg/homepg.asp[53]
  • Filming location: Macau[54]
  • Main subject: fleeting relationship[55], marriage[56], infidelity[57], Sehnsucht[58], human bonding[59], neighbor[60], romantic love[61]
  • Film editor: William Chang[62]
  • Nominated for: Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress[63], BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language[64], Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film[65], Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress[66], Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cinematography[67], Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film[68], Australian Film Institute Award for Best Foreign Film[69]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[70]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[71]

  • First release date: 2000-11[72]

  • Genre(s): ambient, classical, easy listening, electronic, jazz, modern classical, rock[73]

  • Community tags: ambient, classical, easy listening, electronic, in the mood for love, jazz, modern classical, rock, soundtrack[74]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d54dc390-e141-3acc-b02b-c4ae058911a2[75]

Why It Matters

In the Mood for Love has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[76] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[77]

FAQs

What awards did In the Mood for Love receive?

Honors received include Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress[3], Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor[4], Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor[5], and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film[6].

Related Entities

Everything Everywhere All at Once film France Hong Kong Macau Maggie Cheung Thailand Tony Leung Wong Kar-wai

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [76] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [77] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → in-the-mood-for-love-film
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 24307
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  4. 7w ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kobis film id → 20040725
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  6. 11w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 14w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    César award film id → 32823
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  8. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  9. 19w ago · Difool · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Review score → 7.9/10, 92%, 87/100 +1
    Distribution format → video on demand
    Award received → Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor +5
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