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Original Title: 2046 Directed by: Wong Kar-wai Written by: Wong Kar-wai Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Kwan Pun-leung, Lai Yiu-fai Music by: Shigeru Umebayashi Country: Hong Kong Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi Duration: 129 min Release Dates: 20 May 2004 (Cannes), 29 Sept. 2004 (Hong Kong) Filming Dates: November 2001 – March 2003 Filming Locations: China (Shanghai, Macau), Thailand Synopsis: He was a writer. He thought he wrote about the future but it really was the past. In his novel, a mysterious train left for 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who went there had the same intention…..to recapture their lost memories. It was said that in 2046, nothing ever changed. Nobody knew for sure if it was true, because nobody who went there had ever come back- except for one. He was there. He chose to leave. He wanted to change.

Tony Leung Chow Mo-wan

Zhang Ziyi Bai Ling

Gong Li Su Li-zhen

Faye Wong Wang Jing-wen

Takuya Kimura Tak

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• It is a loose sequel to the 1991 Hong Kong film Days of Being Wild and the 2000 Hong Kong film In the Mood for Love.
• While 2046 was being filmed, a photographer from Sudden Weekly, a Hong Kong tabloid, bribed his way onto the set. After his pictures of the interior of the Oriental Hotel were published, ‘Wong Kar Wai’ ordered the set to be rebuilt. The photographer was subsequently sentenced to three months’ jail for corruption.
• The title of the film refers to the last year before the 50-year period the Chinese Government promised to let Hong Kong remain as it is. Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997.
• The print for Cannes arrived three hours before the delayed premier, escorted by police. It is the first film in Cannes’ history to arrive so late that re-schedulings were necessary.
• It took four years to complete the film. During that time, production was shut down during the SARS epidemic in March 2003.
• Originally conceived as a story of a hit man in Bangkok (hence the casting of Thai actor Bird Thongchai McIntyre). The hit man was to be played by Japanese superstar Takuya Kimura, and the events to be played out in a hotel in room 2046.
• In one of the original versions, Tony Leung was to play a futuristic postman.
• The camera points to the left side of Faye Wong’s face when she cries. She has problems crying with her right eye, so Wong Kar-Wai shot her crying scenes on the left side of her face. However, there is one scene where the camera films the right side of her face purposely.
• In one of the original versions, Tony Leung was to play a futuristic postman.
• The director declined the invitation to screen the film in the New York Film Festival.
• Was supposed to be the closing film of the Edinburgh Film Festival.
• Each character speaks their own languages. Mr. Chow speaks Cantonese, Bai Ling speaks Mandarin, and Tak speaks Japanese even when talking to each other. Even so, they seem to understand each other perfectly. —IMDb

11th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Best Actress (2005)

24th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress (2005)

IndieWIRE Foreign Film Critics’ Awards Best Supporting Actress (2005)

10th Love HK Film Awards Best Actress (2005)

Nominations: 41st Golden Horse Film Festival, 5th China Film Media Awards, IndieWIRE Foreign Film Critics’ Awards (3rd), 71st New York Film Critics Society Awards (3rd), 12th Chlotrudis Awards (Supporting), 3rd International Cinephile Society Awards (Supporting, 2nd), 4th International Online Cinema Awards (Supporting), 40th National Society of Film Critics Awards (Supporting, 2nd), Village Voice Awards (Supporting, 2nd)

Ceremony	Category	Recipient	Result
2004 Cannes Film Festival	Golden Palm	Wong Kar Wai	Nominated
2004 Valladolid Film Festival	Golden Spike	Wong Kar Wai	Nominated
	FIPRESCI Prize	Wong Kar Wai	Won
	Best Cinematography	Christopher Doyle	Won
2004 Golden Horse Film Festival	Best Film		Nominated
	Best Actor	Tony Leung	Nominated
	Best Actres	Zhang Ziyi	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Christopher Doyle	Nominated
	Best Art Direction	William Chang	Won
	Best Makeup and Costume Design	William Chang	Nominated
	Best Original Score	Shigeru Umebayashi	Won
	Best Sound Effects	Du Che-Tu	Nominated
2004 European Film Awards	Screen International Award	Wong Kar Wai	Won
2005 David di Donatello Awards	Best Foreign Film	Wong Kar Wai	Nominated
2005 Sant Jordi Awards	Best Foreign Film	Wong Kar Wai	Won
2005 Cinema Writers Circle Awards	Best Foreign Film	–	Nominated
2005 Directors Guild of Great Britain	Best Foreign Director	Wong Kar Wai	Nominated
2005 Golden Bauhinia Awards	Best Picture	–	Nominated
	Best Director	Wong Kar Wai	Nominated
	Best Screenplay	Wong Kar Wai	Nominated
	Best Actor	Tony Leung	Won
	Best Cinematography	Christopher Doyle	Won
2005 Bangkok Film Festival	World Achievement Award	Wong Kar Wai	Won
2005 Chinese Media Film Awards	Best Actor	Tony Leung	Nominated
	Best Actress	Zhang Ziyi	Nominated
	Best Actress	Faye Wong	Nominated
2005 Hong Kong Film Critics Society	Best Actor	Tony Leung	Won
	Best Actress	Zhang Ziyi	Won
	Special Award	Yuen Wo Ping	Won
	Film of Merit	–	Won
2005 Hong Kong Film Awards	Best Picture	–	Nominated
	Best Director	Wong Kar Wai	Nominated
	Best Screenplay	Wong Kar Wai	Nominated
	Best Actor	Tony Leung	Won
	Best Actress	Zhang Ziyi	Won
	Best Cinematography	Christopher Doyle	Won
	Best Art Direction	William Chang	Won
	Best Editing	William Chang	Nominated
	Best Makeup & Costume Design	William Chang	Won
	Best Original Score	Christopher Doyle	Won
	Best Sound Effects	Du Che-Tu	Nominated
	Best Visual Effects	Guillaume Raffi	Nominated
2005 Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Foreign Film	Wong Kar Wai	Won (2nd)
	Best Cinematography	Christopher Doyle	Won (2nd)
	Best Production Design	William Chang	Won
2005 Mainichi Film Concours	Best Foreign Film	Wong Kar Wai	Won
2005 National Board of Review	Top Foreign Films	–	Won
2005 New York Film Critics Circle	Best Foreign Film	–	Won
	Best Actress	Zhang Ziyi	Won (3rd)
	Best Cinematographer	Christopher Doyle	Won
2005 Satellite Awards	Outstanding Foreign Film	–	Nominated
	Oustanding Cinematography	Christopher Doyle	Nominated
2006 National Society of Film Critics Awards	Best Foreign Film	–	Won (2nd)
	Best Film	–	Won (3rd)
	Best Director	Wong Kar Wai	Won (2nd)
	Best Supporting Actress	Zhang Ziyi	Won (2nd)
	Best Cinematography	Christopher Doyle	Won
2006 Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Foreign Film	–	Nominated
2006 Chicago Film Critics Awards	Best Foreign Film	–	Nominated
2006 Online Film Critics Awards	Best Foreign Film	–	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Christopher Doyle	Nominated
2006 Robert Festival	Best Non-American Film	Wong Kar Wai	Nominated
2006 Chlotrudis Awards	Best Movie	–	Nominated
	Best Director	Wong Kar Wai	Nominated
	Best Actress	Zhang Ziyi	Nominated
	Best Visual Design	–	Won
2006 Golden Trailer Awards	Best Foreign Dramatic Trailer	Grossmyth Company	Nominated
2006 Argentinean Film Critics Association	Best Foreign Film	Wong Kar Wai	Nominated
2007 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize	Best Foreign Film	–	Nominated