Synopsis: The number 2046 has multiple meanings in this drama from director Wong Kar-Waiit's the hotel room number in Kar-Wai's In the Mood for Love, it is the year in which Hong Kong will legally become part of China, and it is the train departure time that obsesses this film's main character, Chow Mo Wan, a gambler whose life takes some interesting turns when he decides to become a writer of pulp-fiction novels.