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Journey to the West (2014)

Apr 24, 2014 Drama, Documentary 0h 56m
User Score
63%
31 votes
Internet Movie Database
69%

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.

Tsai Ming-liang
Director

Part of the Walker Series

Includes Journey to the West and other great movies.

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Top Billed Cast

Lee Kang-sheng
Lee Kang-sheng

Monk
Denis Lavant
Denis Lavant

Dragon

Full Cast & Crew

Media

Tribeca FF (2014) - Journey To the West Trailer - Tsai Ming-liang Movie HD
Tribeca FF (2014) - Journey To the West Trailer - Tsai Ming-liang Movie HD
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Reviews

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A review by Reno
Written on June 14, 2016

> Something a very unique achievement to video document!

This is nothing like anything I have ever seen before. Quite an interesting film, but not for everyone. Yep, I thought it was boring in the opening, but later I get used to it and began to analyse. A film that has only a concept, but there's no beginning or the ending. However, displaying the film subject in the variety of angles was stunning. Sometimes I was keenly looking for where the subject has gone. At sometime it felt like a lazy afternoon under the shades while bright sunlight was on the other side.

It was a Taiwan-French co-production and an hour long film that documents a Buddhist monk who has undertaken a slow walk procession in the streets of southern France coast city Marseille which is accompanied by a French acto...

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