Director Wong Kar-Wai’s poetic film set in 1962 Hong Kong tells the story of newspaper editor Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung) and secretary Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung) who move into neighbouring apartments on the same day. Soon they discover their spouses are having an affair. “Hurt and angry they find comfort in their growing friendship”, but while trying to piece together the circumstances behind the affair, they realize they now need to come to terms with their own mutual attraction.