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2046

By Jurgen Fauth & Marcy Dermansky, About.com

Ziyi Zhang in 2046
Directed by: Wong Kar-Wai.
Starring: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Chang Chen, Faye Wong, Maggie Cheung.
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics.
Release Date: August 5, 2005 (limited)
Drama/Foreign: 2046's story picks up right by the end of "In The Mood For Love." After Su Lizhen (Maggie Cheung) leaves, Zhou Muyun (Leung Chiu-Wai) becomes a very lonely writer. He meets a prostitute (Zhang Ziyi) and spends a night with her at room 2046, the very same room he had an affair with Su Lizhen. Then he starts writing a novel called 2046, in which he reunites with Su Lizhen. Chang Chen and Lau Kar-Ling play a couple of lovers; Wong Yaye and Kimura Takuya plays a pair of robot lovers. They are all characters in the book, and they are all from the future.

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