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.
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Stars: Lee Kang-sheng, Denis Lavant
Crew: Tsai Ming-liang (Director), Tsai Ming-liang (Adaptation), Frédéric Bellaïche (Producer), Vincent Wang (Producer), Lei Chen-ching (Editor), Wu Cheng'en (Novel)
Country: France, Taiwan
Language: No Language
Studio: House on Fire
Runtime: 56 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 24, 2014
IMDb: 4.6
Keywords:buddhist monk, marseille, france
