Release Date | 2014-02-09 |
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Runtime | 56 minutes |
Genres | Drama, Documentary |
Stars | Lee Kang-sheng, Denis Lavant |
Directors | Tsai Ming-liang, Tsai Ming-liang, Lei Chen-ching, Xavier Dreyfuss, Wu Cheng'en |
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.