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The Wayward Cloud ()

Tian bian yi duo yun (original title)
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Hsiao-Kang, now working as a pornographic actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.
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Hsiao-Kang
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Shiang-chyi
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Mother (as Yi-Ching Lu)
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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

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Tsai Ming-liang ... (as Ming-liang Tsai)

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Tsai Ming-liang ... () (as Ming-liang Tsai)

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Bruno Pesery ... producer (as Bruno Pésery)
Vincent Wang ... executive producer

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Pen-Jung Liao

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Sheng-Chang Chen

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Gérard Estival ... color timer

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Tim Yip ... (as Kam-tim Yip)

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Tien-chueh Lee

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Max Huang

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Hui-mei Sun ... (as Huey Mei Sun)

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Ju-Feng Yeh ... unit production manager (as Yeh Jufeng)

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Tom Lin ... first assistant director

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Yu Teng Hsu ... boom operator
Shiang-Chu Tang ... sound mixer
Duu-Chih Tu ... sound designer
Tse Kang Tu ... boom operator

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Ong Chao Hong ... script supervisor

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Laurence Picollec ... financial director
Pei-Chien Wu ... dance instructor (as Peggy Wu)

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Plot Summary

Metaphor, allegory. There's a drought in Taiwan. Watermelon are abundant and become juice, food, something to share with a guest, and an aphrodisiac. In a large building of flats, Hsiao-Kang and Shiang-chyi's paths cross; she knew him when he sold watches, now he acts in pornographic films. She scavenges for plastic water bottles. He bathes in the building's cistern. Fantasy song and dance numbers punctuate the characters' nearly aimless pursuits: she has lost her keys and he helps her find them; he naps in a park, she watches; he smokes on the floor beneath her kitchen table while she sits. His film-making continues. Can they connect? Written by

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Also Known As
  • La Saveur de la pastèque (France)
  • Un nuage au bord du ciel (France)
  • 天邊一朵雲 (Taiwan)
  • The Wayward Cloud (Canada, English title)
  • The Wayward Cloud (India, English title)
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  • 114 min
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Trivia Many audience members left the theater during the final scene at the Berlin International Film Festival's screening. See more »
Movie Connections Follows What Time Is It There? (2001). See more »
Soundtracks Ai de kai shi See more »
Quotes Shiang-chyi: [to Hsiao-Kang] Do you still sell watches?
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