LOVE... OBSESSION... MUSIC!: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE

<b>ActOne presents: Love... Obsession... Music!</b> <a href="https://www.actonecinema.co.uk/too-much-love-obsession-music">Through a series of 5 events from October to December 2025</a>, ActOne invites you to a multidisciplinary journey that explores a whirlpool of emotions -from romantic love and infatuation to longing, and obsession - through films and their soundtrack. This film screening will be preceded by a live introduction that explores the intersection of melodrama, obsession, and music in the film. Join us at the lounge, after the screening, for a semi-structured discussion about the film, with free tea and coffee! Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. As they spend time together, they develop feelings for each other, but their relationship remains chaste and unspoken, reflecting societal constraints and their own moral compass. At once delicately mannered and visually extravagant, Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments. With its aching musical soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past 25 years of cinema. Ranked #5 in Sight and Sound's 2022 Greatest Films of All Time poll and Tony Leung's subtle performance earned him Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival. The film is in Cantonese, Shanghainese, French, and Spanish, with English subtitles. We are proud to be part of BFI FAN's new UK-wide season - Too Much: A Season of Melodrama - where audiences are invited to follow their emotions and get swept away by the big screen experience. The event is made possible with the support of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by The National Lottery.DramaPT2HPG2025-11-23
Maggie Cheung
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Rebecca Pan
Wong Kar-Wai
Wong Kar-Wai
LOVE... OBSESSION... MUSIC!: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE"LOVE... OBSESSION... MUSIC!: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE"

Showtimes

November 23, 5:15 pm

ActOne Cinema - Independent Crowdfunded Community Cinema