2046 (2004)


2046
Release Date20 May 2004
Budget$12,000,000
US Box Office$1,000,000
TaglineWhere everything ends... and begins (Spanish translation)
GenreDrama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
CountryChina
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Filming LocationsChina
LanguageCantonese, Japanese, Mandarin
Sound MixDolby Digital
ColorBlack and White, Color
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Drama, Psychological Sci-Fi
MoodMindbenders
TonesEnigmatic, Stylized, Elegant, Atmospheric
TagsChristmas, Eroticism, Hotel, Memory, Recollection, Story, Writer

2046 is a 2004 Hong Kong film (filmed in Shanghai) written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. It is a loose sequel to the 1991 Hong Kong film Days of Being Wild and the 2000 Hong Kong film In the Mood for Love. It follows the aftermath of Chow Mo-wan's unconsummated affair with Su Li-Zhen in 1960s Hong Kong but also includes some science fiction elements.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Chow Mo-wan

Su Li-zhen

Wang Jing-wen, Android

Wang Jing-wen's Boyfriend, Tak

Bai Ling

Lulu, Mimi, Android

Mimi's Boyfriend

Wang Jie-wen

Su Li-zhen

Thongchai McIntyre
Bird

Wang Sum
Mr. Wang, Train Captain

Ping Lam Siu
Ah Ping

Ting Yip Ng

Director

Kar Wai Wong
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Producer

Kar Wai Wong
screenplay, producer

Wai-Chung Chan
line producer

Ye-cheng Chan
executive producer

Gilles Ciment
co-executive producer

Eric Heumann
co-producer

Stéphane Kooshmanian
associate producer

Amedeo Pagani
co-producer

Zhong-lun Ren
executive producer

Marc Sillam
co-producer

Original Music

Shigeru Umebayashi
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Cinematographer

Editor

William Chang

Production Designer

William Chang

Art Director

Alfred Yau
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Costume Designer

William Chang
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Production Manager

Olivier Chiavassa
production manager

Chiu Wah Lee
production manager

Helen Li
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Shin-shi Hui
second second assistant director

Johnny Kwong
assistant director

Ji-wei Kuan
first assistant director

Shao-hua Li
assistant director

Rosanna Ng
second assistant director

Art Department

Ping Lam Siu
property master

Sound Department

Michael Baird
sound designer

Yu Teng Hsu
boom operator

Claude Letessier
supervising sound designer

Du-Che Tu
sound designer

Visual Effects

Johnny Alves
digital effects artist

Florent Andorra
digital artist

Jérôme Arthuis
processing: DuboiColor

François-Xavier Aubague
visual effects supervisor

Christophe Belena
coordinator scans/recording/color grading: Duboicolor

Nadir Benhassaine
visual effects coordinator: BUF Compagnie

Mélodie Boileau
visual effects coordinator

Nicolas Bonnell
visual effects producer: BUF

Coralie Boulay
visual effects editor

Florent Cadel
digital artist

Nicolas Daniel
video operator: Duboicolor

Sébastien Drouin
visual effects supervisor

Laurent Gillet
visual effects: Buf Compagnie

Rip Hampton O'Neil
technical director: Duboicolor

Sonia Holst
visual effects coordinator: Buf Compagnie

Abdel Ali Kassou
processing: DuboiColor

Didier Le Fouest
digital colorist

Damien Macé
compositor

Karine Marchandou
digital grading manager

Philippe Palmieri
digital artist

Xavier Perol
digital artist

Boris Plateau
digital compositor

Olivier Pron
concept artist, digital artist

Guillaume Raffi
visual effects coordinator: Buf Compagnie

Sebastien Rame
digital compositor

Eddy Richard
digital artist: BUF

Mathilde Tollec
digital artist

Daniel Trujillo
digital artist

Jean-Marc Van Rijswick
digital artist: BUF

David Verbeke
visual effects supervisor

Dominique Vidal
visual effects: BUF

Sophie Gateau
digital artist

Stunts

Wei Tung
stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

Ian Freeman
grip

Pung-Leung Kwan
director of photography: second unit

Yiu-Fai Lai
director of photography: second unit

Chi Ming Wong
gaffer

Editorial Department

Serge Anthony
color timer

Fabien Pascal
color timer

Laurent Pelé
assistant editor

Other Crew

Stephanie Cheung
production secretary

Production Company

Arte
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Block 2 Pictures
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China Film Co-Production Corporation
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Classic
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Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Fortissimo Films
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France 3 Cinéma
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Jet Tone Films
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Jet Tone Production
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Orly Films
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Paradis Films
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Shanghai Film Studios
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Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
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arte France Cinéma
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Distributor

Block 2 Pictures

1More Film

20th Century Fox

Alfa Films

ArtCam

Buena Vista International

Cinema Mondo

Filmcoopi Zürich

Fox Korea

Istituto Luce

Mongrel Media

Océan Films

Prokino Filmverleih

Sony Pictures Classics

Tartan Films

20th Century Fox

A-Film Home Entertainment

Madman Entertainment
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Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS)

Palisades Tartan

Palisades-Tartan Acquisitions

Paramount Home Entertainment

Tartan Video

Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE)
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Special Effects

BUF

Miscellaneous

Duboi
digital film scanning

Duran Duboi
digital intermediate

Kantana Animation Co. Ltd.
film processing

Laboratoires Éclair
color timing

Les Auditoriums de Joinville
sound re-recording

Ramindra Sound Recording Studios
sound recording studio

Salon Films
camera and lighting equipment provided by

Shanghai Film Technology Plant
film processing

Shaw Brothers
prints: Hong Kong

Tai Fung (Tsu's) Co. Ltd.
film supplied by






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