Days

Rizi

61st TIFF: Greek premiere

Kang, a middle-aged man suffering from an unbearable neck pain, lives in a spacious house, in a well-to-do neighborhood. He seems fragile and broken, as if his physical ailment mirrors his suppressed desires. Non is a young poverty-stricken Laotian immigrant, trapped in the raucous havoc of Bangkok. Their worlds are about to collide in the crossroad of mutual longing for human contact. A hypnotic immersion into the cavern of loneliness and the stunning monotony of human existence.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Direction: Tsai Ming-Liang
Script: Tsai Ming-Liang
Cinematography: Chang Jhong-Yuan
Editing: Chang Jhong-Yuan
Sound: Dennis Tsao
Actors: Lee Kang-Sheng, Anong Houngheuangsy
Production: Homegreen Films
Producers: Claude Wang
Co-production: Arte France – La Lucarne
Co-producers: Tang I-Wen
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Taiwan
Production Year: 2019
Duration: 127'
Contact: Homegreen Films

Tsai Ming-Liang

Tsai Ming-liang (born 1957, Malaysia) is a master of slow cinema and minimalist beauty whose work holds a mirror to loneliness, desire, and temporality in modern urban life. Known for extremely long takes, sparse dialogue, and a haunting sense of physical and emotional absence, his films often feature recurring actor Lee Kang-sheng and explore alienation amid newness and change. Tsai’s Vive l’amour won the Golden Lion at Venice in 1994. Later works like The River (1997) and The Wayward Cloud (2005) earned Silver Bears at the Berlin International Film Festival. More recently, his film Stray Dogs received the Grand Jury Prize at the 70th Venice Festival. In 2023, Locarno awarded him the Pardo alla carriera for his lifetime contribution to cinema.

Filmography

1997 The River 
2001 What Time Is It There?
2003 Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2005 The Wayward Cloud
2006 I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2009 Face
2013 Stray Dogs
2014 Journey to the West
2015 Afternoon (doc)
2018 Your Face (doc)
2020 Days
2024 Abiding Nowhere (doc)
2025 Back Home (doc)