23° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL

Tian bian yi duo yun

The Wayward Cloud

Country: Taiwan

Year: 2005

Duration: 112'

Shiang-Chi, who moved to Paris in What Time Is It Over There?, returns to Taipei and finds the city in the throes of a major drought. One day she runs into Hsiao-Kang, the watch seller from the previous movie, who now works as an actor in pornographic films, which are shot near Shiang-Chi's home. As dreamlike musical sequences transport the girl to a colorful and fantastic dimension, her apartment becomes a refuge of strange characters.

"I was interested in exploring the identity issue of these individuals who are caught between two worlds. There are many foreign laborers who lose their work rights in Taiwan and can't go back to their own home countries. They are stuck in between two dimensions. The same idea goes for porn actors. They live double lives as porn actors and normal people. The Wayward Cloud is about the emotional life of these characters. This is not a porn movie. This is a movie about human emotions." (Tsai Ming-liang)

FILM DIRECTOR

Biography

film director

Tsai Ming-Liang

Tsai Ming-liang (Ku Ching, Malaysia, 1957) studied at Taiwan University and subsequently worked as a television writer and director. In 1992 he made his feature films debut, Rebel of the Neon God, awarded in Turin, followed by Vive l'amour, Leone d'Oro at Venice Film Festival. Tsai Ming-lang is one the greates Est-Asian director: his films, from The River (1997) to Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003), including The Hole (1998) and What Time Is It There? (2001), have been selected for the competition in the film festivals of Cannes, Venice and Berlin.

FILMOGRAFIA

Endless Love (TV, 1989), The Happy Weaver (TV, 1989), Far Away (TV, 1989), All Corners of the World (TV, 1989), Li hsiang's Love Line (TV, 1990), My Name is Mary (TV, 1990), Ah-hsiung's First Love (TV, 1990), Give Me a Home (TV, 1991), Xiao hai (Boys, mm, TV, 1991), Hsio Yueh's Dowry (TV, 1991), Qing shaonien na cha (Rebels of the Neon God, 1992), Aiqing wansui (Vive l'amour, 1994), Wo xin renshi de pengyou (My New Friends, mm, TV, 1995), He liu (Il fiume, 1997), Dong (The Hole - Il buco, 1998), Fish, Underground (cm, 2001), Ni neibian jidian (Che ora è laggiù?, 2001), Tianqiao bu jianle (The Skywalk Is Gone, cm, 2002), Bu jian bu san (Goodbye, Dragon Inn, 2003), Aquarium (ep. Bem-Vindo a São Paulo, cm, 2004), Tian bian yi duo yun (Il gusto dell'anguria, 2005).