In The Mood For Love – Townshend Village Hall

Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-Wan and Su Li-Zhen move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite, until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them.

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 soundtrack and exquisitely abstract cinematography, this film has been a major stylistic influence on the past two decades of cinema, and is a milestone in Wong’s redoubtable career.

Cast: Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Directed by: Wong Kar Wai
Certificate: ​12

Doors 7pm, film 7.30pm

New members: £8, £10, or £12 (Pay What You Can)
Members: £4
Cash on the door

It is not to be missed. ★★★★★

– Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

This event is part of Too Much: Melodrama on Film, a major UK-wide season celebrating cinema’s biggest emotions and heightened dramatics from around the world, organised by the BFI and the Film Audience Network.

Brought to you with support of the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from the National Lottery.