Journey to the West

Journey to the West

6.3IMDb Score
Released:2014-04-24
Duration:56 min
Director:Tsai Ming-liang
Actors:Lee Kang-sheng, Denis Lavant
Production:House on Fire

Overview:

In 2014, Tsai Ming-Liang was invited to make a film for the MarseilleFID, Marseille International Film Festival. Since he was not familiar with Marseille, he decided to make a film as tourist, capturing the beautiful Mediterranean sunshine in the late summer of that year. He also invited famous French actor, Denis Lavant, to appear alongside Lee Kang-Sheng playing Xuanzang. "Journey to the West" was invited to be the opening short film at the Berlin International Film Festival the same year.

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