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2046 (2004)

★ 7.2 · 1,067 ratings on TMDB

Are you still in the mood for love?

2046 poster★ 7.2

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

DirectorWong Kar-Wai
CastCarina Lau, Chang Chen, Dong Jie, Faye Wong, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung
GenresDrama, Romance, Science Fiction
The emergence reading

2046 keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing love, memory, time.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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