Rizi (Days)

Tsai Ming-liang

Direccions Taiwan, France 127 min Catalan premiere Fiction

Synopsis

Under the pain of illness and treatment, Kang finds himself living the life of a drifter. He meets Non in a foreign land. They find consolation in each other before parting ways and carrying on with their days.

Themes

LoveAsian CinemaDramaLGTBISex

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 InnThe 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: 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), No quiero dormir solo (2006), El sabor de la sandía (2005), Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003, D'A 2021), The Skywalk Is Gone (short, 2002, D'A 2022), ¿Qué hora es? (2001), The Hole (1998), El río (1997), Viva el amor (2004), Rebeldes del dios Neón (1992)

Tsai Ming-Liang

Film information

Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Script: Tsai Ming-liang
Contact: Vitrine Filmes
With: Lee Kang-sheng, Anong Houngheuangsy
Country: Taiwan, France
Year: 2020
Length: 127 min
Language: Without dialogues
Edition: 2021

Awards

THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL
Mermaid Award

CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL
Silver Q-Hugo Award

BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
Special Mention Teddy Award

Poster

Rizi (Days)