Days

  • July 7, 2023 / 20:00
  • July 19, 2023 / 19:00

Director: Tsai Ming-liang
Cast: Lee Kang-sheng, Anong Houngheuangsy
Taiwan, 2020, 127', DCP, color
no dialogue

Kang wanders through a lonely urban landscape and seeks treatment in Hong Kong for a chronic illness; at the same time, a young Laotian immigrant, Non, works in Bangkok. These two solitary men eventually come together in a moment of healing, tenderness, and sexual release.

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