Directed by:
Ming-liang TsaiScreenplay:
Ming-liang TsaiCinematography:
Pen-jung LiaoComposer:
Jean-Claude PetitCast:
Kang-Sheng Lee, Jeanne Moreau, Fanny Ardant, Laetitia Casta, Nathalie Baye, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Mathieu Amalric, Norman Atun, Samuel GanesPlots(1)
A filmmaker is attempting to complete an ambitious project in the midst of a family tragedy in this self-referential drama from writer and director Tsai Ming-Liang. Hsaio-Kong (Lee Kang-Sheng) is a director from Taiwan who is soon to begin shooting his next picture, a stylized adaptation of Salome, in France, though first he has to help his elderly mother (Lu Yi-Ching) with some plumbing problems. Hsaio-Kong arrives in Paris to discover his producers have cast a well-known model with no acting experience (Laetitia Casta) in the leading role, which adds to the challenge of working in a language in which he's not fluent and having a leading man (Jean-Pierre Leaud) who seems to have lost his memory. Hsaio-Kong's troubles with the shoot are at once exacerbated and made insignificant when he learns of the death of his mother. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Kang-Sheng Lee
Taiwan
Best movies:
Vive L'Amour (1994)
The Hole (1998)
Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
Jeanne Moreau
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Back to the Wall (1958)
Fanny Ardant
France
Best movies:
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
The Family (1987)
Confidentially Yours (1983)
Laetitia Casta
France
Best movies:
L'Incroyable Histoire du facteur Cheval (2018)
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
The Maiden and the Wolves (2008)
Nathalie Baye
France
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Day for Night (1973)
Mado (1976)
Jean-Pierre Léaud
France
Best movies:
The 400 Blows (1959)
Day for Night (1973)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Mathieu Amalric
France
Best movies:
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Farewell, Home Sweet Home (1999)
Norman Atun
Best movies:
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)
Face (2009)
Samuel Ganes
France
Best movies:
Face (2009)