2046 (film)

2046 is a Chinese film (filmed in Shanghai), written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, released in 2004. It is a sequel to Days salvajes (in English, Days of Being Wild, released in 1991) and Wishing to love (also known as With the spirit of loving, released in 2000). It continues Chow Mo-wan's love life in 1960s Hong Kong and includes some sci-fi elements, blending genres in innovative ways. In addition to Cantonese and Mandarin, Japanese is spoken, and the soundtrack features songs in Spanish. The film follows the aesthetic line of the previous ones, highlighting the use of unique lighting, highly studied framing and hyper-slow camera movements, along with a devotion to decadently glamorous interiors.

Producers

• Eric Heumann - co-productor
• Amedeo Panaghi - coproductor
• Marc Sillam - coproductor
• Wong Kar-wai - producer
• Zhang Yimou - producer

Cast

• Tony Leung Chiu Wai as Chow Mo Wan.
• Zhang Ziyi like Bai Ling.
• Faye Wong as Wang Jing Wen and wjw1967,android train to 2046.
• Gong Li like His Li-Zhen.
• Takuya Kimura like Tak.
• Carina Lau like Lulu, Mimi, and train android at 2046.
• Maggie Cheung as SLZ 1960.
• Chang Chen as CC 1966.
• Dong Jie as Wang Jiewen.

Synopsis

A freelance journalist and writer; he stays in room 2046 of a hotel, in which he will reflect on the meanings and mysteries of his love life, all related to a science fiction novel that he will write. The plot represents a metaphor about the different ways to overcome the impossible loves of the past and the fear of future love, through different stories with the common nexus of the protagonist.

"If I had been born in another era, my life would have been different," the character states, "There is no use finding the right person if the moment is not right", "Love is a matter of time".

Curiosities

• The title, "2046", refers to the year in which China's promise to 50-year-old Hong-Kong ends without change after its return in 1997.
• The intermittent and affected by Asian pneumonia took place in June 2000 in South Korea, in September 2001 and January 2003 in Hong Kong, in March 2002 and in September 2002 in Shanghai.

Awards

New York Film Critics Circle Awards