Moscow Film Society: In the Mood for Love

Thursday, April 17 at 7 PM

“Shot through with spirals of cigarette smoke and blazing with the colors and geometry of ’60s textile design, In the Mood for Love is a feast for the eyes and succor for the soul, examining the secrets that join men and women, and that keep them apart.”
— Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

Moscow Film Society presents IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE as part of their Love Languages series. Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar Wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past decade of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.

Rated: PG | 1 hr 38 min | Tickets: $8 Adult / $5 Child / Film Pass