Face

Genre: Drama

Languages: French, Chinese

Subtitles: English

Format: 1 :1.85

Sound: Dolby Digital

Duration: 137 min

Countries: France, Belgium, Netherlands, Taïwan

Year: 2009

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SYNOPSIS

A Taiwanese filmmaker makes a film based on the myth of Salomé. The story takes place at the Louvre. Even though he speaks neither French or English, he insists on giving the part of King Herod to the French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud. To give the film a chance at the box-office, the production company gives the part of Salomé to a world famous model. But as soon as film begins, the problems are arising. In all this confusion, the director suddenly learns of his mother’s death. The producer flies to Taipei, to attend the funeral. The director falls into a deep sleep where his mother’s spirit does not want to leave her old apartment The producer has no choice but to wait, alone and lost in a strange city. As after a very long trip, the shooting will resume with all the characters lost in the basement of the Louvre.

CREDITS

Director: Tsaï Ming-Liang
Script: Tsaï Ming-Liang et Vincent Wang
DOP: Liao Pen Jung
Sound: Roberto Van Eijden, Jean Mallet, Philippe Baudhuin
Editor: Jacques Comets
Artistic Management: Patrick Dechesne, Alain-Pascal Housiaux

Cast: Fanny Ardant, Laetitia Casta, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Lee Kang-Sheng, Jeanne Moreau, Nathalie Baye, Mathieu Amalric

Produced by Tarantula (Belgium), JBA Production (France), Homegreen Films (Taïwan), Le Musée du Louvre (France), Circe Films (The Netherlands), ARTE France cinéma, RTBF (Belgium).

Internationales sales : Fortissimo Films

FESTIVALS

DIRECTOR

Tsai Ming-Liang was born and raised in Kuching, Malaysia. In 1977 he moved to Taiwan and went to on study film and drama at the Chinese Culture University. After graduation he wrote and staged plays, then for nearly ten years he worked in TV and developed scenarios, including THE KIDS, which marked his move towards cinema and during which he discovered his favorite actor Lee Kang-Sheng. With VIVE L’AMOUR, which won the Golden Lion Award at the 1994 Venice Film Festival, Tsai was acclaimed as a major new voice in Asian cinema. Over the series of films that followed, he came to be recognized as a new modern master of cinema to stand alongside his fellow Taiwanese Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang.