Tian bian yi duo yun (2005)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Ming-liang Tsai

Writer:

Ming-liang Tsai (writer)

Release Date:

18 March 2005 (Taiwan)

Genre:

Musical | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Hsiao-Kang, now working as an adult movie actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket. |

Plot Keywords:

Taipei | Water | Watermelon | Water Shortage | Taiwan

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Kang-sheng Lee	...	Hsiao-Kang
Shiang-chyi Chen	...	Shiang-chyi
Yi-Ching Lu	...	Mother
Kuei-Mei Yang	...	Taiwanese Porn Actress
Sumomo Yozakura	...	Japanese Porn Star
Huan-Wen Hsiao
Hui-Xun Lin
Kuo-Xuan Jao
Shu-Mei Hung
David Yang
Huan-Wen Wu
Yu-Wei Chang
Xun-You Chou
Lee-Hsing Huang
Tian-Fu Hsu

Directed by
Ming-liang Tsai

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ming-liang Tsai		writer

Produced by
Bruno Pésery	....	producer
Vincent Wang	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Pen-jung Liao

Film Editing by
Sheng-Chang Chen

Production Design by
Timmy Yip		(as Kam-tim Yip)

Art Direction by
Tian Jue Lee

Set Decoration by
Mei Ching Huang

Costume Design by
Huey Mei Sun

Production Management
Ju Fen Yeh	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Lin	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Yu Teng Hsu	....	boom operator
Shiang-Chu Tang	....	sound
Du-Che Tu	....	sound designer
Du-Che Tu	....	sound
Tse Kang Tu	....	boom operator

Other crew
Ong Chao Hong	....	script supervisor
Laurence Picollec	....	finance

Production Companies

• Arena Films
• Homegreen Films
• Wild Bunch
• arte France Cinéma

Distributors

• 1More Film (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2005) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• 791 Cine (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Festive Films (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2005-2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Kino Bez Granits (2005) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Pan Européenne Distribution (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Tour de Force (2006) (Norway) (theatrical)
• 2-1-0 Films (2006) (Greece) (all media)
• Atlantis Entertainment (2005) (Czechoslovakia) (all media)
• Axiom Films (2005) (UK) (all media)
• BIM Distribuzione (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Filmfreak Distributie (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Four Films (2008) (Chile) (DVD)
• Imovision (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Lauren Films Video Hogar S.A. (2006) (Spain) (DVD)
• Strand Releasing (2008) (USA) (all media)

Also Known As:

La saveur de la pastèque (France)
The Wayward Cloud (International: English title)
Un nuage au bord du ciel (France)

Runtime:

Hong Kong:114 min | USA:112 min | Argentina:114 min

Country:

France | Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:18 | Switzerland:18 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | Italy:VM18 | Norway:18 | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (cut) | South Korea:Limited (original rating) | France:-16 | UK:18 | Japan:R-18 | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:18 | Hong Kong:III | Singapore:R21 (cut) | Taiwan:R-18

Filming Locations:

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Company:

Arena Films

Trivia:

Before making The Wayward Cloud, Tsai would often joke that if his film career continued to have financial difficulties he would be forced to direct pornography.

Movie Connections:

References Papillon (1973)

Soundtrack:

Ai de kai shi

love in the time of drought

From the very inventive start to the wicked, tense climax, "Wayward Cloud" is an allegory of longing, frustration and tongue in cheek solutions. Deliciously slow at times, intercepts with frenetic musical scenes in Technicolor splendor, and contrasts with gritty-down-right-dirty voyeuristic insights into pornographic industry; this was the stuff Barney tried to create with 10 times the budget in his Cremaster Cycles (and none of the wit)

The use of 60's Chinese Pop, choreography with enough cheese to put any Madonna's clip to shame offered a break from the relentless heat and the hilarious sex scenes, their seemingly unconnectedness served to heightened the restless state of wander that the characters seem to float in.

In this drought, water isn't the only thing that's running scarce.

Water melons will never be seen in the same light!!!