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The Moon and the Tree

Imagina 2022 / The Moon and the Tree / Taiwan 2021

A woman is receiving physiotherapy for her paralysed lower body; an old man contemplates an even older tree – both are celebrated figures of Taiwanese culture. Tsai Ming-liang in silent communication with people and places, presented in a way that makes us feel as if we were waking up from a restful summer's afternoon nap.

The Moon and the Tree The Moon and the Tree

Synopsis

A woman is receiving physiotherapy for her paralysed lower body; an old man contemplates an even older tree – both are celebrated figures of Taiwanese culture. Tsai Ming-liang in silent communication with people and places, presented in a way that makes us feel as if we were waking up from a restful summer's afternoon nap.

Viktor Palák

About the film

34 min / Color, DCP

Director Tsai Ming-liang / Screenplay Tsai Ming-liang / Dir. of Photography Chang Jhong-Yuan / Editor Chang Jhong-Yuan / Producer Claude Wang / Production Homegreen Films / Cast Feng Chang, Pei-Jing Lee / Sales Homegreen Films Co.

About the director

Tsai Ming-liang

Tsai Ming-liang (1957, Kuching, Malaysia). Selected filmography: Rebels of the Neon God (Qing shao nian nuo zha, 1992), Vive L’amour (Ai qing wan sui, 1994), The River (He liu, 1996), Face (Visage, 2009), Stray Dogs (Jiao you, 2013), Journey to the West (Xi you, 2014), Days (Rizi, 2020).

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Homegreen Films Co.
No. 146, Changchun Rd., Xindian Dist., 23152, New Taipei City
Taiwan
Phone: +886 222 171 028
E-mail: [email protected]

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