In The Mood For Love (original title: 花樣年華) is a movie by Hong Kong art-house director Wong Kar-wai, who had previously made a name for himself with the critically acclaimed Chungking Express in 1994. Released in 2000, it is set in the early 1960s and tells the bittersweet story of a man and a woman (played respectively by Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung) who are neighbors, and whose respective spouses have an affair with each other. While they find themselves increasingly attracted to each other, they refuse to give in to their feelings out of a sense of propriety.