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Moonlight on the River

He shang de yue guang

dir. Tsai Ming-Liang / Tajwan 2003 / 8’

subtitles: Polish and English

retrospective: Tsai Ming-Liang A Conversation with God, All the Corners of the World, Boys, Face, Give Me a Home, Good Bye, Dragon Inn, I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone, Moonlight on the River, My New Friends, My Stinking Kid, Rebels of the Neon God, The Hole, The River, The Skywalk Is Gone, The Wayward Cloud, Vive l’amour, What Time Is It There? Section index

Cast

Tsai Ming-Liang, Lee Kang-sheng

Film description

Tsai Ming-Liang and Lee Kang-sheng take a camera to a river bank in Taipei. They film whatever they encounter: two dogs walking at twilight on the wet shore; flashing lights of the city. Tsai's off-screen voice can be heard: What we see here, is a reflection of a feeling hidden in our hearts. I miss it so much. I miss the river so much. I miss yesterday so much. And I miss the wonderful world. Once, there used to be a wonderful world. This film is a letter dedicated to Simon Field, the former director of the Rotterdam film festival.

Karolina Kosińska