In 2001, Wong Kar-wai was invited by the Berlin International Film Festival to create a short piece. Instead of filming new footage with Tony Leung or Maggie Cheung, Wong turned his lens toward the past.
Set to the song "Age of Bloom" (Hua yang de nian hua) by Zhou Xuan, which inspired the feature film's Chinese title. in the mood for love 2001 short film