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Journey to the West

Journey to the West

20146.30h 56m

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.

Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Written by Tsai Ming-liang, Wu Cheng'en
Produced by Frédéric Bellaïche, Vincent Wang
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Top Cast

Lee Kang-Sheng

Lee Kang-Sheng

Monk

Denis Lavant

Denis Lavant

Dragon

Themes & Keywords

buddhist monkmarseille, france

About Journey to the West

Journey to the West is a drama film released in 2014 exploring themes of buddhist monk, marseille, france. Directed by Tsai Ming-liang, it stars Lee Kang-Sheng, Denis Lavant. 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.

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