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Opening in the year 2046, Tak Takuya Kimura persuades wjw1967 Faye Wong to travel back in time with him. The film then shifts to the year 1966 in which Chow Mo Wan Tony Leung Chiu wai, a struggling author, asks the woman he loves, Su Li Zhen Gong Li to sail with him from Singapore to Hong Kong on Christmas Eve. She declines, and over the next three years, we return to Chow Mo Wan on December 24 as he finds himself with another woman each year lighthearted Lulu Carina Lau in 1967, eccentric hotel heiress Wang Jing Wen Faye Wong in 1968, and high class prostitute Bai Ling Zhang Zi Yi in 1969. In time, Chow Mo Wan and Wang Jing Wen become re acquainted, and a love affair blooms, but the fates are not on their side... Hong Kong based filmmaker Wong Kar Wai ' CHUNG KING EXPRESS ' moves back and forth in time as he re examines and amplifies the themes from his film ' In the Mood For Love ' in this off beat romantic drama.
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