Directed by Tsai Ming-liang • 2020 • Taiwan
Starring Lee Kang-sheng, Anong Houngheuangsy
Taiwanese titan Tsai Ming-liang continues his exquisite examinations of alienation, isolation, and the fleeting beauty of human connection in one of his sparest and most intimate works. The director’s longtime muse Lee Kang-sheng once again stars as a variation on himself, wandering through a lonely urban landscape and seeking treatment in Hong Kong for a chronic illness; at the same time, a young Laotian immigrant working in Bangkok (Anong Houngheuangsy) goes about his daily routine. These two solitary men eventually come together in an unforgettable moment of healing, tenderness, and sexual release. Among the most cathartic entries in Tsai’s filmography, DAYS is a work of longing, constructed with the director’s customary visual rigor and shot through with profound empathy.
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