The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Lee Kang-shengMonk
Denis LavantDragonExplore the crew
- Director
- Tsai Ming-liang
- Producer
- Vincent Wang
- Producer
- Frédéric Bellaïche
- Editor
- Lei Chen-ching
- Director of Photography
- Antoine Héberlé