By early 2000, with the deadline for Cannes approaching, Wong was contacted by the director of Cannes, who encouraged him to quickly complete a final cut, and offered a constructive criticism about the title. Although the title in Cantonese and Mandarin is based on a Zhou Xuan song whose English title is translated "Age of Bloom", the international title proved more complex. After discarding "Summer in Beijing" and "A Story of Food", Wong had provisionally settled on "Secrets", but Cannes felt this title was not as distinctive as the film Wong was preparing and suggested he should change it.