In the Mood for Love

Su Li-zhen:
You notice things if you pay attention.

Chow Mo-wan:
Feelings can creep up just like that. I thought I was in control.

Chow Mo-wan:
I don't brood on it. It's not my fault. I can't waste time wondering if I made mistakes. Life's too short for that.

Chow Mo-wan:
[to Su Li-zhen about moving out] It'll be more convenient, there's nothing between us, but I don't want gossip.

Chow Mo-wan:
In the old days, if someone had a secret they didn't want to share... you know what they did?

Ah Ping:
Have no idea.

Chow Mo-wan:
They went up a mountain, found a tree, carved a hole in it, and whispered the secret into the hole. Then they covered it with mud. And leave the secret there forever.

Ah Ping:
What a pain! I'd just go to get laid.

Chow Mo-wan:
Not everyone's like you.

Chow Mo-wan:
It's me. If there's an extra ticket... would you go with me?

Su Li-zhen:
It's me. If there's an extra ticket... would you go with me?

Su Li-zhen:
Am I hopeless?

Chow Mo-wan:
Not really.

Su Li-zhen:
Why did you call me at the office today?

Chow Mo-wan:
I had nothing to do. I wanted to hear your voice.

Chow Mo-wan:
I have a chapter to finish.

Su Li-zhen:
Where have you got to?

Chow Mo-wan:
The drunken master just showed up.

Su Li-zhen:
When did he get written in?

Chow Mo-wan:
Just now!

Chow Mo-wan:
That handbag I saw you with this evening... Where did you buy it?

Su Li-zhen:
Why do you ask?

Chow Mo-wan:
It looked so elegant. I want to get one for my wife.

Su Li-zhen:
Mr. Chow, you're so good to your wife!

Chow Mo-wan:
Not really! My wife is so fussy. Her birthday is some days away. I don't know what to get her. Could you buy one for me to give her?

Su Li-zhen:
Maybe she wouldn't want one just exactly the same.

Chow Mo-wan:
You're right, I didn't think of that.

Su Li-zhen:
A woman would mind.

Chow Mo-wan:
Yes, especially since we're neighbors. Do they come in other colors?

Su Li-zhen:
I'd have to ask my husband.

Chow Mo-wan:
Why?

Su Li-zhen:
He bought it for me on a business trip abroad. They aren't on sale here.

Chow Mo-wan:
Then never mind.

Su Li-zhen:
Actually... I want to ask you something too. Where did you buy your tie?

Chow Mo-wan:
I don't know where it came from. My wife buys all my ties.

Su Li-zhen:
Really?

Chow Mo-wan:
She bought this one on a business trip abroad. It's not on sale here.

Su Li-zhen:
What a coincidence!

Chow Mo-wan:
Yes.

Su Li-zhen:
Actually... My husband has one just like it. He said it was a gift from his boss. So he wears it every day.

Chow Mo-wan:
And my wife has a bag just like yours.

Su Li-zhen:
I know, I've seen it.

Chow Mo-wan:
What are you getting at, actually?

Su Li-zhen:
I thought I was the only one who knew.

Su Li-zhen:
Why didn't you call me today?

Chow Mo-wan:
I was afraid you won't like it.

Su Li-zhen:
Then don't call me ever again.

Chow Mo-wan:
I sometimes wonder what I'd be if I hadn't married. Have you ever thought of that?

Su Li-zhen:
Maybe happier! I didn't know married life would be so complicated! When you're single, you are only responsible to yourself. Once you're married, doing well on your own is not enough.

Su Li-zhen:
Look at me, do you have a mistress?

Chow Mo-wan:
Yes!

Su Li-zhen:
I didn't expect it to hurt that much.

Chow Mo-wan:
This is just a rehearsal.

Captions:
He remembers those vanished years. As though looking through a dusty window pane, the past is something he could see, but not touch. And everything he sees is blurred and indistinct.

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It is a restless moment. She has kept her head lowered... to give him a chance to come closer. But he could not, for lack of courage. She turns and walks away.

Feel the heat, keep the feeling burning, let the sensation explode.