The Wayward Cloud
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Tsai Ming-liang
Lu Yi-ching
Yang Kuei-mei
Yoza-kura Sumomo
Hsiao Huan-wen
Lin Hui-xun
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A young woman named Shiang-Chyi returns from France to discover that the promenade in front of the main railway station in Taipei has been torn down and she can no longer meet watch salesman Hsiao-Kang there. The whole city is beset by a extreme water shortage and Shiang-Chyi is obliged to either steal water from her workplace or drink watermelon juice. The need to save water seems to preoccupy the lonely Shiang-Chyi just as much as a suitcase she is having trouble opening. One day she runs into Hsiao-Kang by chance in the park and a tender romance with daily trysts at Shiang-Chyi's apartment ensues. What Shiang-Chyi doesn't know is that Hsiao-Kang is now working as an actor in porn films and that these videos are even made in a neighbouring apartment of the building where she lives. The puzzling narrative is interspersed by lively and imaginative musical sequences that transport the viewer away from the mysterious things that take place in Shiang-Chyi's apartment. Meanwhile, the young woman's abode becomes a refuge for a number of very strange characters.
Director
Tsai Ming-liang
Cast
Lu Yi-ching
Yang Kuei-mei
Yoza-kura Sumomo
Hsiao Huan-wen
Lin Hui-xun
Jao Kuo-xuan
Lee Kang-sheng
Chen Shiang-chyi
Crew
Tu Duu-chih
Sun Hui-mei
Yeh Jufeng
Yip Kam-tim
Tom Lin
Tsai Ming-liang
Liao Pen-jung
Bruno Pesery
Chen Sheng-chang
Tang Shiang-chu
Vincent Wang
Peggy Wu
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video June 10, 2008
Released in United States 2005
Released in United States February 2005
Released in United States 2006
Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) October 19-November 3, 2005.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 10-20, 2005.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 20-May 4, 2006.
Released in United States Winter February 23, 2007
Released in United States on Video June 10, 2008
Released in United States 2005 (Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) October 19-November 3, 2005.)
Released in United States February 2005 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 10-20, 2005.)
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 20-May 4, 2006.)
Released in United States Winter February 23, 2007
