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\t2046<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \t2046 is a 2004 Hong Kong film (filmed in Shanghai) written and directed by Wong Kar-wai<\/em>. It follows the aftermath of Chow Mo-wan<\/em>'s unconsummated affair with Su Li-Zhen<\/em> in 1960s Hong Kong but also includes some science fiction elements.<\/p>\n \n \tDirector: Wong Kar-wai<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n \tThe film is the third chapter of a shared story that began with Days of Being Wild<\/em> and continued with In the Mood for Love<\/em>.<\/p>\n \tThere are four main story arcs to the film. Three are about the relations of Chow with women that he meets after losing Su Li-Zhen. The first concerns Chow and Wang Jing Wen, the second is about Chow and Bai Ling, and the third is about Chow and a different woman who is also named Su Li-Zhen. The fourth takes place in Chow's mysterious world of 2046 and concerns a Japanese passenger falling in love with an android. Typical of Wong Kar-wai films, the arcs are presented in pieces and in non-chronological order.<\/p>\n \tTony Leung <\/em>as Chow Mo-wan, the main character and narrator. A journalist and writer, he is the same character, played by the same actor as in In the Mood for Love. He also appears in a silent cameo at the very end of Days of Being Wild.<\/p>\n \tGong Li<\/em> as Another Su Li-Zhen. Presented as a "professional gambler" and nicknamed "Black Spider", she said that she was from Phnom Penh. Chow Mo-wan met her in Singapore.<\/p>\n \tZhang Ziyi as Bai Ling. A beautiful cabaret girl who lived in room 2046 in the Oriental Hotel, and a lover of Chow Mo-wan.<\/p>\n \n \tZhang Ziyi as Bai Ling <\/strong><\/p>\n \t2046 is the number of the hotel room in In the Mood for Love in which Tony Leung Chiu Wai and Maggie Cheung's characters meet to write their kung fu novel serial. It is the number of a hotel room occupied by Lulu, and later by Bai Ling at the Oriental Hotel, while Tony Leung's room number is 2047.<\/p>\n \tThe main character (Tony Leung) writes science fiction stories, in which 2046 is a popular year and place to which people travel through time. The stories are titled 2046 and later 2047 (a collaboration with Faye Wong's character).<\/p>\n \n \tTony Leung <\/strong><\/p>\n \tIn November 2004, it won awards for Best Art Direction and Best Original Film Score at the Golden Horse Film Festival<\/em> in Taiwan.<\/p>\n \tIn March 2005, it was nominated in numerous categories at the Hong Kong Film Awards<\/em>, winning Best Actor (Tony Leung), Best Actress (Zhang Ziyi), Best Cinematography (Christopher Doyle), Best Costume Design and Make-Up, Best Art Direction, and Best Original Film Score (Shigeru Umebayashi).<\/p>\n