Face (2009) ( Visage ) ( Lian (Rostro) )

Face (2009) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Visage
Alternate Title: Lian (Rostro)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
141 min + 369 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )
Taiwan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Ming-liang Tsai

Written By:
Ming-liang Tsai

Actors:
Kang-sheng Lee ..... Kang, the director
Yi-Ching Lu ..... Kang's mother
Fanny Ardant ..... The producer / Queen Herodias
Jean-Pierre Léaud ..... Antoine / King Herode
Laetitia Casta ..... The Star / Salomé
Norman Atun ..... Man in the boat
Jeanne Moreau ..... Jeanne
Nathalie Baye ..... Nathalie
Mathieu Amalric ..... Man in bushes
Shiang-chyi Chen
Chao-jung Chen

Synopsis:

A filmmaker is attempting to complete an ambitious project in the midst of a family tragedy in this self-referential drama from writer and director Tsai Ming-Liang. Hsaio-Kong (Lee Kang-Sheng) is a director from Taiwan who is soon to begin shooting his next picture, a stylized adaptation of Salome, in France, though first he has to help his elderly mother (Lu Yi-Ching) with some plumbing problems. Hsaio-Kong arrives in Paris to discover his producers have cast a well-known model with no acting experience (Laetitia Casta) in the leading role, which adds to the challenge of working in a language in which he's not fluent and having a leading man (Jean-Pierre Leaud) who seems to have lost his memory. Hsaio-Kong's troubles with the shoot are at once exacerbated and made insignificant when he learns of the death of his mother. Featuring guest appearances from Fanny Ardant, Nathalie Baye and Jeanne Moreau, Face was an official selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.

A Taiwanese filmmaker makes a film based on the myth of Salomé at the Louvre. Even though he speaks neither French nor English, he insists on giving the part of King Herod to the French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud. To give the film a chance at the box-office, the production company gives the role of Salomé to a world famous model. But problems arise as soon as filming begins...

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