What Time Is It There?

Faces of Tsai Ming-Liang Film Series

2001, 116 min., 35mm
In Mandarin with English subtitles

A woman on her way to Paris buys a two-time zone watch from a street vendor, who then obsessively sets all clocks to Paris time. Shot in both Taipei and Paris, the film pays homage to the French New Wave, with an unforgettable appearance by Jean-Pierre Léaud, star of The 400 Blows and many other Truffaut films.

Chicago International Film Festival – Best Director Award, Grand Jury Prize
Asia-Pacific Film Festival – Best Director Award, Best Film Award

"The most emotionally haunted of his films."—Roger Clarke, Sight and Sound

Click here for complete information on the Faces of Tsai Ming-Liang film series (November 13-21), co-presented with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York.

Part of the Citi Series on Asian Arts and Culture. This film series is funded, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts.