Upon release at Cannes 2000, In the Mood for Love won the Best Actor award for Tony Leung (the jury, led by Luc Besson, broke protocol to award him alone) and the Technical Grand Prize for Chang’s art direction. It consistently ranks in Sight & Sound’s top 10 greatest films of all time (reaching #5 in the 2022 directors’ poll).
A Wong Kar-wai film is instantly recognizable. In the Mood for Love deploys his full repertoire:
Wong Kar-wai's filmmaking style is characterized by: