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2046
WONG Kar-wai
- 2004
7 PM, TUE, MAY 27
Innis Town Hall
Screening
Newspaper Columnist Chow (Tony LEUNG) writes about a train departing for 2046—a destination for those seeking to recapture lost memories, from which no one ever wants to return. In 1966, he returns to Hong Kong from Singapore and checks into Room 2047. There, he drifts through a series of fleeting, intimate encounters with the women who pass through the neighboring Room 2046: the tragedy of Lulu (Carina LAU), the quiet devotion of Jing-wen (Faye WONG), the unreciprocated love of Bai Ling (ZHANG Ziyi). Yet he remains suspended in detachment—always observing, rarely surrendering. His most beloved, Su Li-zhen (GONG Li), who helps him win back his losses at the casino, refuses to return to Hong Kong with him. He imagines a future where nothing ever changes, but cannot bring himself to write its ending.
Director
WONG Kar-wai is one of the defining auteurs of contemporary cinema. Joined by key collaborators such as Christopher Doyle, Wong has enraptured audiences and critics worldwide and inspired countless other filmmakers with his movies’ poetic moods, narrative and stylistic daring, and potent themes of alienation and memory.
Credits
- DirectorWONG Kar-wai
- Principal CastTony LEUNG, GONG Li, Faye WONG, Takuya KIMURA, ZHANG Ziyi, Carina LAU, CHANG Chen, DONG Jie
- Executive ProducerCHAN Ye Cheng, REN Zhonglun
- ScreenplayWONG Kar-wai
- CinematographerChristopher Doyle, LAI Yiu-fai, KWAN Pun Leung
- Production DesignerWilliam CHANG
- Costume DesignerWilliam CHANG
- EditorWilliam CHANG
- MusicPeer Raben, Shigeru UMEBAYASHI