Title: Face
AKA: -
Year: 2009
Original title: Visage
Runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes
Country: France | Taiwan | Belgium | Netherlands
Language: French | Mandarin | English
Subtitles: English | Spanish (.srt)
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Cast
Lee Kang-sheng ... Kang, the director
Lu Yi-ching ... 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
Plot / Synopsis
Essentially a meditation on the cinematic process, “Visage” was commissioned by the Louvre, and shot inside of it. The vaguely defined plot finds a filmmaker traveling to Paris and shooting
a story based on the myth of Salome set in the museum. It’s hardly the only meta aspect of the narrative. The filmmakers - both Tsai and his onscreen persona - cast Jean-Pierre Leaud as
King Herod, the stepfather of Salome. The presence of Leaud, whose first big screen appearance arrived when he played the young star of Francois Truffaut’s “The 400 Blows,” functions as
a prop to underscore the movie’s aesthetic dedication to Truffaut. Although not borrowing the director’s style, it constantly references him. The theme song from “Jules and Jim” plays lightly
in the background of one scene, while various other regular Truffaut actors show up resembling characters from his films.
The plot finds the filmmaker struggling to make his movie and coping with the loss of his mother, although that hardly describes its trajectory. Filled with gorgeous and inexplicable events,
“Visage” tears apart any semblance of coherence in favor of imagery. Leaud sits in a snow-covered forest staring at a series of mirrors, when suddenly a group of women appear and sing to
him. Quite randomly, a buck strolls into the frame. This will not be its last appearance. Later, the filmmaker gets his own dance number, sans music. He’s wrapped in plastic and covered in
tomato sauce. Go figure. - Eric Kohn/Indiewire
Written by: Tsai Ming-liang
Cinematography: Liao Pen-jung
AKA: -
Year: 2009
Original title: Visage
Runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes
Country: France | Taiwan | Belgium | Netherlands
Language: French | Mandarin | English
Subtitles: English | Spanish (.srt)
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Cast
Lee Kang-sheng ... Kang, the director
Lu Yi-ching ... 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
Plot / Synopsis
Essentially a meditation on the cinematic process, “Visage” was commissioned by the Louvre, and shot inside of it. The vaguely defined plot finds a filmmaker traveling to Paris and shooting
a story based on the myth of Salome set in the museum. It’s hardly the only meta aspect of the narrative. The filmmakers - both Tsai and his onscreen persona - cast Jean-Pierre Leaud as
King Herod, the stepfather of Salome. The presence of Leaud, whose first big screen appearance arrived when he played the young star of Francois Truffaut’s “The 400 Blows,” functions as
a prop to underscore the movie’s aesthetic dedication to Truffaut. Although not borrowing the director’s style, it constantly references him. The theme song from “Jules and Jim” plays lightly
in the background of one scene, while various other regular Truffaut actors show up resembling characters from his films.
The plot finds the filmmaker struggling to make his movie and coping with the loss of his mother, although that hardly describes its trajectory. Filled with gorgeous and inexplicable events,
“Visage” tears apart any semblance of coherence in favor of imagery. Leaud sits in a snow-covered forest staring at a series of mirrors, when suddenly a group of women appear and sing to
him. Quite randomly, a buck strolls into the frame. This will not be its last appearance. Later, the filmmaker gets his own dance number, sans music. He’s wrapped in plastic and covered in
tomato sauce. Go figure. - Eric Kohn/Indiewire
Written by: Tsai Ming-liang
Cinematography: Liao Pen-jung
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