In the Mood for Love (2000) - Go Team Video (EP. 021)

<p>With special guest <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thewickedlemon/" target="_blank">The Wicked Lemon</a> by our side the AMPM VIDEO crew sits down to discuss<em><strong> In the Mood for Love</strong></em> a 2000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romantic_drama" title="Romantic drama">romantic drama</a> film written, produced and directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kar-wai" title="Wong Kar-wai">Wong Kar-wai</a>. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-production_(media)" title="Co-production (media)">co-production</a> between Hong Kong and France, it portrays a man (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Leung_Chiu-Wai" title="Tony Leung Chiu-Wai">Tony Leung</a>) and a woman (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Cheung" title="Maggie Cheung">Maggie Cheung</a>) whose spouses have an affair together and who slowly develop feelings for each other.</p> <p>The film premiered at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Cannes_Film_Festival" title="2000 Cannes Film Festival">Cannes Film Festival</a> on 20 May 2000, to critical acclaim and a nomination for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palme_d%27Or" title="Palme d'Or">Palme d'Or</a>; Leung won <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor">Best Actor</a> (the first Hong Kong actor to win the award). It is often listed as one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_best" title="List of films considered the best">greatest films of all time</a> and one of the major works of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Asia" title="Cinema of Asia">Asian cinema</a>. In a 2016 survey by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>, it was voted the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC%27s_100_Greatest_Films_of_the_21st_Century" title="BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century">second-best film of the 21st century</a> by 177 film critics from around the worl