A minor tour de force and only a true master can make it look simple: we follow a woman at the hectic Puduraya bus station in Kuala Lumpur; Puccini composed Madame Butterfly. The relationship between that opera and Tsai’s film seems a mystery, but is not unfathomable.
Also in this combined programme
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Letting Off
A young man works at a convenience store and gets caught up in the lies he tells to avoid losing face. A realistic, yet hopeful… -
Remembrance
A film with the nostalgic scent of good coffee. Farewell to a female dancer and a coffee shop. Tsai Ming-liang plays the man saying goodbye.
Film details
- Countries of production
- France, Taiwan
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 35'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL
