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. 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; can they connect?
First I feel like I should warn you that this film is intended for mature audiences only, due to it's extremely graphic sex scenes. The opening scene sets the bar for how nuts this film is, and the closing shot made people walk out of the theater on it's premiere. It blends sex, anxiety, porn and comedy in such a brutal way that it's impossible not to get affected. Whether you're affected in a good or a bad way, that solely depends on you.
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang who also made fantastic films such as Vive l'Amour (1994) and Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003), he tried something more daring with The Wayward Cloud and in my opinion succeeded in creating something we've never seen before and will never see again. That will always be impressive to me.
Genre: Drama
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