THE WAYWARD CLOUD (2005) in 35mm
[天邊一朵雲] [TIĀNBIĀN YĪ DUǑ YÚN]
Tsai Ming-liang's most divisive film, this musical porn parody of a water-short but watermelon-plenty Taipei charts the attempted relationship between a water-hoarding Shiang-chyi (Chen Shiang-chyi), desperate to explore her sexuality, and an alienated Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng), a porn star incapable of romantic intimacy. The surreal, saturated musical numbers — including a glimmering merman crooning in a water tower and a cross-dressing, partner-swapping date in a park — delight just as much as the increasingly hardcore porn scenes strain, yielding a scathing critique of porn's violence and exploitation. Winner of the Alfred Bauer Prize and Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Achievement at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival. (Note courtesy of Doc Films.) DIR/SCR Tsai Ming-liang; PROD Bruno Pésery. France/Taiwan, 2005, color, 112 min. In Mandarin with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Viewer Advisory: features a potentially triggering act of sexual violence.
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 112 Minutes
Opening Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Genre: Musical drama
