TAÏWAN • 138′
a film by MING-LIANG TSAï
There is no story to tell. Hsiao-Kang is a good for nothing who holds signboards for a living. He smokes and pisses in the streets that are ever flowing with vehicles and pedestrians. The only people in his life are his two children. They eat together, brush their teeth together, get changed together and sleep together. They have no water or electrical supply and sleep on the same mattress with a head of cabbage, tightly embracing each other. The whole city has become a dumping ground for stray dogs and the river is far, far away. Then, one stormy night, he decides to take his children on a sailing trip.
FESTIVALS
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – IN COMPETITION (Italy 2013)
JURY GRAND PRIZE – VENICE MOSTRA 2013 (Italy 2013)
VANCOUVER IFF / CHICAGO IFF / FILMFEST HAMBURG / RELIANCE BIG ENTERTAINMENT / FESTIVAL NOUVEAU CINÉMA MONTRÉAL / KERALA IFF / HONG KONG ASIA FILM FESTIVAL / VALDIVIA CHILE / VIENNALE / KALKOTA IFF / DUBAI IFF / VISOS MUZOS / INDIA IFF / SEVILLA / MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA EIRELI / WORLD FILM FESTIVAL OF BANGKOK / GREEN FILM FESTIVAL SEOUL / CHENNAI IFF / BERGEN IFF / TALLINE BLACK NIGHTS FF / SEOUL INDEPENDANT FF / HUMAN RIGHTS FF / KARLOVY VARY FF / VILNIUS FF / SANTIAGO FF / BAFICI / HELSINKI CINE AASIA / MELBOURNE FF / MOSCOW FF / LEEDS FF / SINGAPOUR IFF / BANGALORE IFF /
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ADDITIONAL IMAGES
EXCERPTS
CREDIT
director MING-LIANG TSAï
author MING-LIANG TSAï
producers JACQUES BIDOU, MARIANNE DUMOULIN, VINCENT WANG
productions JBA PRODUCTION, HOMEGREEN FILMS
editing ZHEN QING LEI
cast KANG-SHENG LEE, YI CHING LU, KUEI MEI YANG, JIN KAI WU
image PENG JUNG LIAO, WEN ZHO SUNG
sound QING XIN LU, MARK FORD, DUU CHIH TU
all rights reserved
LANGUAGES
Chinese (Mandarin) – VO STT ENG/FR/ITAL/ESP