Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Cinematography
Christopher Doyle's neon-noir poetry in every frame.
Direction
Wong Kar-Wai at his most structurally audacious.
Acting
Tony Leung's eyes contain multitudes of regret.
Director
Wong Kar-Wai
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film's fractured timeline mirrors Chow's psychological state—2046 isn't a real place, it's the year he promised to return to Su Li-zhen and never did.
Zhang Ziyi filmed her brutal farewell scene in one extended take after Wong Kar-Wai kept her waiting 20 hours; her exhaustion became the performance.
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