Maps of Movies
In the Mood for Love (2000)
Where In the Mood for Love says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
A Hong Kong story partly filmed in Bangkok: the restaurant stood in for another, and the temple trip was never in the plan
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Scenes and places
Two families move into neighbouring rooms (1962)
In 1962 British Hong Kong, journalist Chow Mo-wan and shipping-company secretary Su Li-zhen move into neighbouring rooms of a crowded apartment with their spouses. Both spouses are often away, so the two are left lonely and begin to cross paths.
Set in Mrs Suen's apartment, Hong Kong — The crowded apartment where Chow and Su rent adjacent rooms. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The exact building is not identified in the sources.
The Western restaurant where they piece it together (1962)
The two sit down to dinner in a Western restaurant as they piece together their spouses' affair and rehearse how it began. Their feelings grow, though both hold back.
Set in A Western restaurant, Hong Kong — Where the two sit down to dinner and rehearse how the affair began. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A Western restaurant opened in 1962, known for borscht and black-pepper beef; it closed in 2018.
Filmed at Goldfinch Restaurant, 13-15 Lan Fong Road, Causeway Bay (Causeway Bay · Lan Fong Road, Hong Kong) — The crew used Goldfinch as a stand-in after the planned Queen's Restaurant had closed. The coordinates are the street, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Lan Fong Road, Causeway Bay; the restaurant has closed, so only the street can be visited.
Hotel room 2046 (1962)
Chow invites Su to help write a martial-arts serial and rents a hotel room where they can work privately. Rehearsing a goodbye scene breaks Su down.
Set in A hotel room, Hong Kong — The room Chow rents so they can write a martial-arts serial in private. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The room number is 2046, the title of Wong Kar-wai's next film. Some hotel scenes were shot in older Bangkok neighbourhoods; the hotel itself is not named in the sources.
The job offer in Singapore
Chow gets a job offer in Singapore and asks Su to come with him.
Set in Singapore — Where Chow takes a job and asks Su to come with him. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Angkor Wat
The story's closing stretch carries the film to Cambodia and Angkor Wat.
Set in Angkor Wat, Cambodia — The Cambodian temple complex where the story's last stretch is set. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A 12th-century temple complex in Cambodia.
Filmed at Angkor Wat, Cambodia (Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia) — Filmed here in 1999. One day of shooting was planned during Cambodian New Year; the crew ended up shooting three. Google Maps · Apple Maps
How to get there: Near Siem Reap; a public tourist site.
Filmed at Pottinger Street (Stone Slab Street), Central (Central · Pottinger Street, Hong Kong) — A Hong Kong street scene; the exact scene is not given Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Chow Mo-wan — A Hong Kong journalist who rents a room next to Su in 1962.
- Su Li-zhen — A shipping-company secretary who lives in the next room.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the Western restaurant scene really filmed?