Afternoon

2015 2h 17m ZH

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7.3

SOLID

★7.3TMDB · 6

Documentary

Synopsis

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Lush jungle and a building in ruins are the ideal stage for a film-confession that defies storytelling and goes beyond conversation on cinema. Tsai Ming-Liang and his actor Lee Kang-sheng confess and put on stage a pièce in which attention and slowness are in tune with the rhythm of memory. The unveiling of Tsai Ming-liang’s filmmaking: from Stray Dogs to the most intimate notes of the director-actor relationship.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tsai Ming-liang
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Lee Kang-sheng
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Languages: Mandarin
Countries: Taiwan

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tsai Ming-liang, shot by Lai Tian-jiang. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Lei Chen-ching shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4914552 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Tsai Ming-liang directs. Lai Tian-jiang behind the camera. Lei Chen-ching cuts. Produced in Taiwan. Dialogue in Mandarin.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Tsai Ming-liang, shot by Lai Tian-jiang. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Lei Chen-ching shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt4914552 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.