Feel the heat, keep the feeling burning, let the sensation explode.
In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time together, they develop feelings for each other, but their relationship remains chaste and unspoken, reflecting societal constraints and their own moral compass.
- 8.1
- 2000
- Released
- 1h 39m
Maggie Cheung
Su Li-zhen
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Chow Mo Wan
Rebecca Pan
Mrs. Suen
Kelly Lai Chen
Mr. Ho
Siu Ping-Lam
Ah Ping
Mama Hung
Amah
Released
cn
$3,000,000.00
$15,867,968.00
- #adultery
- #newspaper
- #secret love
- #martial arts
- #lovesickness
- #husband wife relationship
- #shanghai, china
- #marriage crisis
- #married couple
- #singapore
- #deceived husband
- #forbidden love
- #melancholy
- #neighbor
- #author
- #hong kong
- #extramarital affair
- #1960s
- #intense
- #adultério
Reviews
This is a fine piece of cinema from Wong Kar-Wai that tells us a story of two people whom circumstance throws together - but not in a way you might expect. We start with two couples who move into a new building. One a newspaper man with his wife, the other a business executive and his wife. The businessman is rarely at home, nor is the journalist's wife - which leaves the other two at increasingly