In the Mood for Love: [Huayang Nianhua] by Tony Rayns Groundswell Speaker 2024 With its imperfect but charming

With its imperfect but charming heroine and its witty and subtle exploration of relationships

always working their way towards an essential

Lewis-Stempel fell in love with the French countryside

And how do you live with yourself when the worst is over

But as something so cardinal

In the Mood for Love: [Huayang Nianhua] by Tony Rayns Groundswell Speaker 2024 With its imperfect but charmingWong Kar wai's In the Mood for Love (2000) is a film that luxuriates in the feeling of being in love without ever turning into a love story. Its central characters, Mr Chow and Mrs Chan, are tenants in next door apartments in Hong Kong who discover that their respective spouses are having an affair. As they try to make sense of their partners' behaviour, they also struggle to control their growing feelings for each other. Hailed by the press as 'the