Journey to the West

(2014)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 31 votes

Genres: Drama, Documentary

Year: 2014

Runtime: 56 мин

Country: France, Taiwan

Director: 蔡明亮

Cast: 李康生, Дени Лаван

Plot

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.