Journey to the West, by Tsai Ming Liang follows a Buddhist monk on a wondrously patient journey throughout the city of Marseille city of Marseille; there is also a second man played by Denis Lavant whose presence in the film begins as almost omniscient – or at least physically abstracted – until he finally manifests in the French streets following the monk in a careful replication of his measured pace.
Journey To The West
Tsai Ming-Liang
IndieLisboa 2014 • Observatório
France, Taiwan, Fiction, 2014, 56′
