Synopsis
Anong returned home to Laos, accompanied by Tsai Ming-liang. Herds wandered, the wind stirred the trees, and lights flickered beneath the water. In this no man’s land, the abandoned houses stood silent—yet each seemed to bear a different face, quietly telling its own story. A camcorder. A camera. And a film was made.
Filmmaker
Tsai Ming-Liang
He is one of the greatest exponents of the “Second Wave” of Taiwanese cinema, with an extensive, radical and unforgettable filmography that contains such celebrated films as Goodbye, Dragon Inn, The Wayward Cloud or I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone. With Vive l’amour he won the Golden Lion in Venice, with The River he won the Special Jury Prize in Berlin and with Stray Dogs, again in Venice, he won the Grand Jury Prize.
Filmography: Back Home (2025, D'A 2026), Abiding Nowhere (2024, D'A 2024), Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-Liang? (short, 2022), The Night (short, 2021, D'A 2022), The Moon and the Tree (short, 2021, D'A 2022), Rizi (Days) (2020, D'A 2021), Your Face (2018, D'A 2019), Afternoon (2015), Autumn Days (short, 2015, D'A 2022), Journey to the West (2014), Stray Dogs (2013, D’A 2014), Visage (2009), I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006), The Wayward Cloud (2005), Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003, D'A 2021), The Skywalk Is Gone (short, 2002, D'A 2022), What Time Is It There? (2001), The Hole (1998), The River (1997), Vive l'amour (2004), Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
Awards and festivals
BUSAN FILM FESTIVAL
NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
VIENNALE FILM FESTIVAL
SÃO PAULO FILM FESTIVAL