西遊 · 2014

Journey to the West

Tsai Ming-liang · 56 min · France

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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Production companies

House on Fire

Locations

Filming

Marsella

Setting

Marsella

Locations: Wikidata · Data: TMDB / OMDb

Cast

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  Lee Kang-sheng

  Monk

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  Denis Lavant

  Dragon