Features the most explicit use of a watermelon ever filmed.
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11/16/07
The Wayward Cloud (2007)
82 %
Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 9 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Theatrical Release: 16-11-2007
Synopsis: As the people of Taipei face a lack of water, some turn to watermelons for their succulent fruit juices. Meanwhile, a young woman falls for a man without realizing he is a porn star. Surreal and fantastical, THE WAYWARD CLOUD tells its story slowly and with style, often breaking out into... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
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Characters make love, make meals, make conversation – though not much – and in moments of transcendence remake the world according to their fantasies and longings.
11/15/07
The madcap finale to a loose trilogy from Taiwanese director Tsi Ming-Liang, and whilst emphatically not to all tastes, fans of the obscene, the experimental and the outrageous should make every effort to get along.
11/15/07
Top Critic
Director Tsai Ming-liang's film harks back to more innocent times when screen romance didn’t involve a money shot.
11/14/07
Top Critic
The film’s meandering, surrealist-kissed, early scenes dance nicely in time with his urban protagonist’s disconnected, existential malaise.
11/14/07
Top Critic
More high-end arthouse fare from an ever-burgeoning Chinese-language film scene.
11/14/07
The Wayward Cloud finds Ming-liang in a rut and unable to elevate his neon wilderness to the heights of the rest of his consistently fascinating oeuvre.
06/09/08
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