FACE (2009) in 35mm
Special Features: Free screening! Tickets are limited to 4 per reservation and are not a guarantee of admission. You must be seated at least 15 min prior to showtime. Empty seats will be released to standby line guests.
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Commissioned by and largely shot within the Louvre, FACE is Tsai Ming-liang's mediation on the post-colonial cinematic process and an ode to François Truffaut. Here Hsiao-kang (Tsai's muse Lee Kang-sheng) directs a filmic retelling of Richard Strauss' operatic retelling of Oscar Wilde's theatrical retelling of the biblical Salomé — starring none other than Jean-Pierre Léaud (Truffaut's own Lee Kang-sheng) — all the while struggling with the loss of his mother. Full of fantastical, gorgeous images responding to the Louvre's collection, FACE highlights Tsai's painterly, stylized compositions. (Note courtesy of Doc Films.) DIR/SCR Tsai Ming-liang; PROD Jacques Bidou. France/Taiwan, 2009, color, 138 min. In French and Mandarin with English subtitles. NOT RATED
Run Time: 138 Minutes
Opening Date: Sunday, April 12, 2020
Genre: Musical drama
