THE WAYWARD CLOUD (2005)
A film by Tsai Ming-Liang
Taiwan’s official contender for Oscar nomination, THE WAYWARD
CLOUD is an outrageous blend of sex, comedy and MGM-style
musical extravaganza from the internationally acclaimed auteur
Tsai Ming Liang. Daring, controversial and very funny…
Taiwan is beset by a terrible water shortage. TV stations are
advising the population to economise drastically, and to drink
watermelon juice. But, as always, people are finding their own
solutions to the drought. Shiang-Chyi secretly fills discarded bottles
in public toilets, while Hsiao-Kang takes midnight baths in rooftop
storage tanks. They drift like clouds, never touching. Survival is
hard, but loneliness is impossible to bear. Shiang-Chyi finds a
watermelon, and on the same day encounters Hsiao-Kang. She
remembers buying a watch from him when he worked as a street
vendor. He's a porno actor now, but she doesn't know that yet…
balls-to-the-wall daring... I loved it.”
“cinematic invention and
Tim Robey, DAILY TELEGRAPH
“brilliant... you've never seen anything
Jonathan Romney, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
like it”
high comedy, high-camp musical numbers and a vast
amount of hardcore porn.”
“
Peter Bradshaw, THE GUARDIAN
“witty, insightful and
Geoff Andrew, TIME OUT
typically idiosyncratic”
scathing assault on
the exploitative nature of pornography” 4 STARS
“wrongly branded mysogynist by PC kneejerkers this is a
EMPIRE
WINNER, THE SILVER BEAR - OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
WINNER, THE ALFRED BAUER AWARD
WINNER, THE FIPRESCI AWARD
Berlin International Film Festival 2005
Bonus Features:
• In-depth interview with director Tsai Ming Liang
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 114 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 anamorphic
Audio: Dolby Stereo
Country: Taiwan / France
Language: Taiwanese with English subtitles
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Region: 2
Cat. No: AXM557
Barcode: 5060126870067