Analysis of the Film In the Mood for Love

Suen, the Chan's landlady, Mr. Ho, Su Li-Zhen's employer, Mr. Koo, Chow Mo-Wan's landlord, Amah, the female servant, the man living in Mr. Koo's apartment called Joe Cheung, Mr. Chan and Mrs. Chow and Su find feel lonely despite the presence of landlady, Mrs. Suen. Their friendship develops since both suspect their spouses of infidelities. The film displays elements such as love, unfaithfulness, secrecy, loneliness, social class, the importance of women in the society and decolonization (Riley 10). Undeniably, the film “In the Mood for Love” manifests existence of love between characters. As mentioned earlier, in most cases, people find comfort and desire to get married to people they love. Therefore, couples signify love. Moreover, love is depicted when Mrs. Chan is bidding Mr. Chow bye as he leaves for Singapore for a new job offered.

This is eminent in the film, “In the Mood for Love”. Despite the fact that, the film's title may mean movie entails pure love, the author has succeeded in the use of irony. This is because the film is majorly established on infidelity. The friendship between Mr. Chow and Mrs. This is proved when Mrs. Chan realizes Mr. Chow has a tie similar to that of her husband and Mr. Chow notices that Mr. Chow has a purse of the same color, design, and size to that of Mrs. In the film “In the Mood for Love”, secrecy is depicted from the begging of the story up to the end. In the first place, the affair between Mrs. Chow and Mr. Chan. Mrs. There are also several incidences where the camera follows Mrs.

Chan and Mr. Chow from behind. The camera is kept at a distance spying their movements. This creates some sense of secrecy. As eminent in the film in the moods for love, couples are in the mood of committing infidelity since their spouses are hardly available due to job commitments. This proves that lack of adequate time for each other may tempt couples into finding pleasure to alternative sources. For instance, the couples of Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan are engaged in business trips. Social class in the society is based on economic stability. There are three types of social class that exist. For instance, upper, middle and lower class. People of the same class tend to share because they have a lot in common. However, the lower class are the most isolated and access vulnerable to disease due to poor health, housing and education as well.

Chan is seen engaging himself in business trips. The couples are able to sustain themselves economically despite the fact that jobs have made them so busy. It is also because of social class that leads to meet of Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan and offers her a job of assisting him in writing martial arts (Riley 23). Besides, Mrs. Chan is working as a secretary while Mrs. Chow works in a hotel. This implies that the perception towards women in the modern society is slowly changing despite being portrayed as weak characters in the film, women liberation movements have achieved increased in the rate of employment among females, especially in China (Christopher 40). Decolonization is also evident. Besides, globalization makes them accessible in many regions of the world. For instance, the film “In the Mood for Love” its title is ironical is a most watched movie and has turned to be most interesting and inspiring to many people across the globe.

The film's setting on a Shanghainese community portrays women as hardworking creatures who work in various fields, for instance, landlords, secretariats and in hotels. Men are also seen as weak characters. Mr. Schnarch, D. Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive In Committed Relationships. Scribe Publications.