Journey to the West

Special Screenings

North American Premiere

France, Taiwan R.O.C. | 56 MINUTES | Mandarin | English subtitles

JOURNEY TO THE WEST

Experimental
A meditation loosely based on the classical Chinese story by Wu Cheng’en, this groundbreaking new interpretation brings the legendary pilgrimage of a Buddhist monk into the present tense. Tsai Ming Liang bids us to look and listen, providing a timeless take on the spiritual journey of an individual in constant negotiation with the self and the substrate in which he finds himself. Journey to the West proposes that true enlightenment awaits those who endure.

In addition to its screening at SVA, Journey to the West will be screening as an installation in MoMA PS1's geodesic VW Dome.

April 24-26, Noon to 6:00pm
22-25 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City


Free with Museum Admission

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CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Ming Liang Tsai and Tsai Ming-liang

Born in Malaysia in 1957, Tsai Ming Liang is one of the most prominent film directors of the new cinema movement in Taiwan. In 1994, his film, Vive l'Amour, was honored with the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. Since then, each of his feature films has since been selected by either the Cannes, Berlin, or Venice Film Festivals.
Director
Tsai Ming Liang
Screenwriter
Tsai Ming Liang
Producer
Vincent Wang, Fred Bellaïche
Editor
Lei Zhen Qing
Associate Producer
Antonin Dedet, Samuel Tronçon
Cinematographer
Antoine Heberlé
Executive Producer
Vincent Wang
Co-Producer
Antonin Dedet, Samuel Tronçon
Cast
Lee Kang Sheng, Denis Lavant

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