4K version of In the Mood for Love to premiere at Cannes Film Festival in May

Restored 4K version of director Wong Kar-wai’s critically acclaimed film will premiere at Cannes to mark the 20th anniversary of its launch

It will be released worldwide in June in North America, the UK, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan

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Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung in a still from In The Mood for Love, a 2000 Hong Kong romantic drama written, produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai.

Published: 8:00pm, 20 Feb 2020Updated: 8:00pm, 20 Feb 2020

A newly restored, high-resolution version of Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival to mark the 20th anniversary of the film’s launch.

The Hong Kong director is set to attend the premiere of the 4K restoration of his celebrated film on May 20 at the international film festival in France.

The romance stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Maggie Cheung Man-yuk as neighbours in a Shanghainese community in Hong Kong in 1962. The pair form an intense bond when they suspect their partners, both unseen throughout the film, of having an affair.

The 4K film will be released worldwide in June in North America, the UK, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Russia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

Wong Kar-wai with In the Mood for Love stars Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Photo: AFP

The original was celebrated as one of the cornerstones of global cinema. It was voted fifth on The Guardian’s list of “The 100 best films of the 21st century” in 2019 – the highest non-English-language entry – and second on the BBC’s “100 greatest films of the 21st century” in 2016.

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