2046

"Love is a matter of chance," says the protagonist of "2046". He is a man who has left the love of his life and reflects on his loss in a hotel in Hong Kong.

Why is it a matter of chance? Because sometimes you want to love and the other person does not and vice versa. Exceptionally, the two desires coincide, but the rest of love is to search without finding.

This is the new approach of the director Wong Kar-wai, the same from the memorable "In the Mood for Love", that hit the theathers a few years ago and  is still shown with success in some film clubs.

In "In the Mood for Love", the love affair was impossible because the lovers were married and their partners were lovers between them as well. In “2046” love comes back to be elusive, but in this case it is because the frustrated protagonist is unable to commit to women that are dying for him.

The similarity between the two films is not limited to the impossibility of love. As in "In the Mood for Love," in "2046" the form triumphs over substance. A slow and disjointed narration makes it so that the story, sometimes, does not to move either forward or backward.

But the best thing one can do is to relax and enjoy the exceptional aesthetic achievements of "2046". The masterful use of framing and composition of Wong Kar-wai says more about love than its own script.

The beauty of the film does not end there: excellent performances by the actors and the beautiful way they fit in with all the elements make this another excellent film by this director.

Director: Kar Wai Wong

Writer: Kar Wai Wong (screenplay)

Stars: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang and Faye Wong