2046
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About 2000 film directed by Wong Kar-wai
Genres drama, romance
Directed by Wong Kar-wai
Written by Wong Kar-wai
Starring Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Rebecca Pan, Joe Cheung Tung-joe, Roy Cheung, Chin Tsi-ang, Paulyn Sun, Julien Carbon
Music Shigeru Umebayashi, Michael Galasso
Runtime 98 min
Country France, Thailand, Hong Kong
Links TMDB · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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