Location: The alleyway connecting Wellington Street to Wo On Lane
Cindy wears: Lightning cheongsam with pink piping, $3,580; Black vintage bag, $1,280, Ranee K. Earrings, stylist’s own.
Tim wears: The navy Tiller suit, $14,100; Twill slim fit shirt, $1,700; Ledger skinny satin tie, $1,200, Thomas Pink. Sheet of A4 paper (impromptu pocket square), stylist’s own.

 “Feelings can creep up just like that. I thought I was in control.”

(2000) As fast-paced, loud and overcrowded as Hong Kong can be, the great Wong Kar-wai adeptly revealed to his audience a slower, quieter and indeed, rather lonely side of the city in his critically acclaimed “In The Mood for Love.” Set in the 1960s and starring Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung, the story of hidden desire and restrained passion begins when journalist Chow Mo-wan (Leung) and secretary Su Li-zhen (Cheung) immigrate from Shanghai with their spouses and move into a cramped apartment complex. Left alone in a strange city while their spouses work, Mo-wan and Li-zhen become friends, and soon learn that their partners are having an affair. However, despite their growing attraction, they choose not to stoop to the level of their cheating spouses. Intricate details, from the set design to the cinematography to all 46 of Cheung’s cheongsams (she wore a different one in every scene but obviously some were cut from the final film), were carefully selected by the director to set the perfect mood for this restrained yet powerful love story.

Recreate It: The famous cafeteria scene (picture, left) was shot in the Café de Goldfinch (G/F., 13-15 Lan Fong Rd., Causeway Bay, 2577-7981), an old-school Hong Kong-style Western diner. The decoration put up by the film crew remains, so go and order an “In the Mood for Love” set menu, which consists of sizzling steak, borscht, and other kitsch dishes.

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