2046 occurs as Hong Kong movie (filmed in Shanghai) written and directed by Wong Kar-wai, released around 2004. These are the sequel to Days of Being Wild (released inside 1991) and In the Mood for Love (released within 2000). It follows a love-life of Chow Mo-wan around Sixties' Hong Kong but includes some science fiction elements.

Cast and roles include

Tony Leung Chiu Wai - Chow Mo-wan, the independent character & narrator. The journalist & writer, he is the equivalent character, played per equivalent actor when within In the Mood for Love. He too appears inside a silent cameo at the super prevent of Times of Existence Uncivilized. Maggie Cheung - Su Li Zhen, the woman Chow Mo-wan loved virtually all. Look at In the Mood for Love. Gong Li - Another Su Li Zhen. Bestowed as a "professional gambler" & nicknamed "Black Spider", she said that she was from either Phnom Penh. Chow Mo-wan met her around Singapore. Wang Sum Mr. Wang, a hotel creator. He experienced taken singing lessons around Harbin, China. A captain of the train to (or even from either) 2046. Faye Wong Wang Jing Wen (王靖雯, py Wáng Jìngwén; which incidently was Faye Wong's stage name as a singer until she changed it back to Faye Wong, , inside 1994) . A 1st girl of Mr. Wang, a hotel creator. She was infatuated sustaining the Japanese human, the relationship that her father opposed strongly. An android in the train to (or from either) 2046. Takuya Kimura The Japanese human, sent to Hong Kong for a when by his company. He is Wang Jing Wen's fellow. Tak, the rider of the train to (or even from either) 2046. Dong Jie - Wang Jie Wen. A 2nd girl of Mr. Wang, a hotel creator. Carina Lau Mimi/Lulu. Look at Days of Being Wild. An humanoid in the train to (or even from either) 2046. Chang Chen A drummer swain of Mimi/Lulu. Played by Jacky Cheung in Days of Existence Uncivilized. The rider of the train to (or even from either) 2046. Zhang Ziyi - Bai Ling. An occupier of room 2046 in the Oriental Hotel, & the lover of Chow Mo-wan. Siu Ping-lam - Ah Ping, a colleague & friend of Chow Mo-wan. Bird McIntyre

Filming details

a aggregate secrecy surrounded the picture show prior to its release, & this led to much of speculation when to the significance of the total "2046". Several thought the title referenced a month where a film would exist as placed, & that it would become a science fiction film. It besides became an around-joke that a title would actually refer to the season of release.

A film took a completely tetrad years inside making, & a production suffered much of bad luck. E.g., a production was close down because of the SARS epidemic in March 2003. It eventually premiered during a 2004 Cannes Film Festival as a competitive film (a reels arrived straight from either a laboratory stimulating a delay in a schedule), however Wong pulled the film murder fallowing the premiere to prove my point editing it. Wong was reportedly however editing it until October, while it was eventually finished & freed to theaters.

It has been picked higher by Sony Pictures Classics in the United states, & is scheduled for release in Five August 2005.

Title

2046 is the total of the hotel room within In the Mood for Love where Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung's characters meet to write their kung fu serial.

In the picture show 2046, "2046" is a total of the hotel room occupied by Dish, & later on by Bai Ling at the Oriental Hotel, when Tony Leung's room total is 2047.

In a equivalent picture show, the independent character (Tony Leung) writes science fiction stories, where 2046 occurs as popular season to which humans time-travel. A stories come titled 2046 & late 2047 (the collaboration using Faye Wong's character).

A month 2046 has its own significance for Hong Kong. These are 49 years fallowing a handover of Hong Kong by the British in July 1, 1997. At a period of handover, the Mainland government promised fifty years of self-regulation for the former British colony. A month 2046, so, information a moment prior to Hong Kong's favorite, self-regulated status terminates.

Plot details

A mainside line of the moving-picture show requires place in Hong Kong, in the "Oriental Hotel", between 1966 and 1969. A bit of flashbacks indicate a independent character (Tony Leung) around Singapore. A few area of the motion picture indicate pieces of the 2047 science fiction story that Tony Leung is writing.

The herald of Wong's respect for his imagination, also as a sum-up of his last films, 2046 occurs as ground-innovative film around Wong's career, very much such as La Dolce Vita to Federico Fellini. When Chow Mo-Wan utilizes his experience to believe "2047", he manages to face his tumultuous past. Likewise, Wong Kar-wai utilizes his former private lives, already portrayed inside his earliest moving picture, to believe "2046", the film that houses his trademark sentimentalism, leaving his super self to click in the lead into his realm of imagination.

Music

Original music: Shigeru Umebayashi: "2046 Main Theme", "The Christmas Song" (Convenient Version), "Interlude I", "Polonaise", "2046 Main Theme" (Rumba Version), "Lost", "Long Journey", "Interlude II", "2046 Main Theme" (By having Percussion, Train Remix) Peer Raben: "Dark Chariot", "Sisyphos At Work"

Non-original music: Xavier Cugat: "Siboney" – Instrumental, "Perfidia" Dean Martin: "Sway" Georges Delerue: "Julien et Barbara" (originally from a soundtrack of François Truffaut's Vivement Dimanche!) Connie Francis: "Siboney" Vincenzo Bellini and Felice Romani: Norma opera: "Casta Diva", performed by Angela Gheorghiu and the London Symphony Orchestra, directed by Evelino Pido - recorded in 2000 Zbigniew Preisner: "Decision" (originally from either a soundtrack of Thou shalt not kill, Part Five of Krzysztof Kieślowski's The Decalogue) Secret Garden: "Adagio" with David Agnew (cor anglais) Nat King Cole and the Nat King Cole Trio: "The Christmas Song"

Producers

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

Cinematographers

Christopher Doyle Kwan Pun-leung Lai Yiu-fai

Awards

Within April 2004, the film was nominated for the ''Golden Palm'' at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, later getting mixed reviews. In November 2004, it won awards for Right Art Counsel & Best Original Film Score at a Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan. In March 2005, it was nominated in many categories at a Hong Kong Film Awards, winning Best Actor (Tony Leung), Best Actress (Zhang Ziyi), Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle), Right Costume Project & Produce-Higher, Right Art Counsel, & Best Original Film Score (Shigeru Umebayashi).

Release dates

France: May 20, 2004 - Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival Shanghai China: September 20, 2004 - Asia Premiere Hong Kong: September 29, 2004 Malaysia: September 30, 2004 Taiwan: October 1, 2004 Singapore: October 14, 2004 United Kingdom: October 15, 2004 France: October 20, 2004 South Korea: October 22, 2004 Japan: October 23, 2004 Italy: October 29, 2004 Thailand: November 4, 2004 Norway: November 5, 2004 Denmark: November 12, 2004 Portugal: November 18, 2004 Finland: November 26, 2004 Spain: November 26, 2004 Germany: January 13, 2005 Netherlands: February 3, 2005 US: August 5, 2005