Journey to the West(Movie, 2014)

Name: Journey to the West
Genre: Drama
Released: 2014
Duration: T00:56:00
Rating: 3.2

Original title: "西遊" (French/FR)

56min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

Journey to the West (Chinese: 西遊; pinyin: Xīyóu) is a 2014 French-Taiwanese film directed by Tsai Ming-liang. The title is inspired by the 16th century Chinese literary classic of the same name. It had its world premiere at the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2014. It is an entry in Tsai's "Walker series" of films. ()

Part of the Walker Series

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About Journey to the West

In 2014, Tsai Ming-Liang was invited to make a film for the MarseilleFID, Marseille International Film Festival. Since he was not familiar with Marseille, he decided to make a film as tourist, capturing the beautiful Mediterranean sunshine in the late summer of that year. He also invited famous French actor, Denis Lavant, to appear alongside Lee Kang-Sheng playing Xuanzang. "Journey to the West" was invited to be the opening short film at the Berlin International Film Festival the same year.

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Trailer for Journey to the West + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Tribeca FF (2014) - Journey To the West Trailer - Tsai Ming-liang Movie HD(Trailer, 2:04)

Additional Information

Production countries: France, Taiwan

Shot in: Marseille

Plays in: Marseille

Based on the work of: Wu Cheng'en

Made by: House on Fire

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: No Language (XX)

Translated into 6 languages: Bulgarian (BG), English (EN), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 02/09/2014

Cast: Denis Lavant, Lee Kang-sheng

Director: Tsai Ming-liang

Screenwriter: Tsai Ming-liang

Film Editor: Lei Chen-Ching

Director of Photography: Antoine Héberlé

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Xi You"

"Xiyou"

Keywords: buddhist monk, marseille, france

Revenue: 205,600,000 USD

9 movies in the Walker Series

2012 Diamond Sutra ("金剛經")

2012 No Form ("無色")

2012 Sleepwalk ("梦游")

2012 Walker ("行者")

2013 Walking on Water ("行在水上")

2014 Journey to the West

2015 No No Sleep ("無無眠")

2018 Sand ("沙")

2024 Abiding Nowhere ("無所住")

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