MADAM BUTTERFLY

by Tsai Ming-Liang

2009, France/Taiwan, Color, Video, 35 min

Synopsis

Free interpretation of the myth in which Tsai Ming Liang places a woman, abandoned by her lover, amidst the chaos of the Kuala Lumpur bus-station.

Festivals

Rotterdam 2010

San Fransisco 2010

Glasgow 2010

Jeonju 2010

Leeds International Film Festival 2010

San Francisco Asian American Film Festival 2010

Rencontres internationales Paris-Berlin-Madrid

Taipei Festival 2009

FID Marseille 09, Paris Cinéma 2009

Doc Lisboa 2009

Rencontres du documentaire de Montreuil 2009

Viennale 2009

Hong Kong Film Festival 09

Doc Buenos Aires 09

Copenhagen 09

Jivahla 09

Director’s Biography

Selected Filmography

2012 WALKER (short)

2012 BEAUTIFUL 2012

2009 HU DIE FU REN (short)

2009 VISAGE

2007 CHACUN SON CINÉMA

2006 HEI YAN QUAN

2005 LA SAVEUR DE LA PASTÈQUE

2004 BEM-VINDO A SÃO PAULO

2003 BU SAN

2002 LE PONT N’EST PLUS LÀ (short)

2001 ET LÀ-BAS, QUELLE HEURE EST-IL?

2001 FISH, UNDERGROUND (short)

1998 THE HOLE

1997 LA RIVIÈRE

1994 AI QING WAN SUI

1992 QING SHAO NIAN NUO ZHA

1991 XIAO HAI

Cast & Crew

Writer/Director

Tsai Ming-Liang

Produced by

Antoine Barraud, Vincent Wang

Editing

Anne Souriau

Cinematography

Tsai Ming-Liang

Sound Design

Emmanuel Croset

with

Pearly Chua