: Tony Leung plays a 7-Eleven owner, and Maggie Cheung is his frequent customer. Their connection is forged through chance encounters and the shared sensory experience of desserts like cream puffs and tarts.
that serves as a modern-day "coda" or "dessert" to his acclaimed 2000 feature, In the Mood for Love in the mood for love 2001 short film
: One day, both characters arrive at the shop with bloody noses—the owner from chasing a thief, and the customer from a fight with her lover's mistress. : Tony Leung plays a 7-Eleven owner, and
It features Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung playing different, modern characters. Leung plays the owner of a convenience store who collects keys left by customers, while Cheung plays a woman who returns to the store, gets drunk, and eats several cakes before passing out. It features Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung playing
The short was originally intended to be the final piece of a triptych titled Three Stories About Food . While the second story was expanded into the feature-length In the Mood for Love , this segment—intended as the "dessert"—was kept as a separate short.