Rizi (film)

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Movie
Original title 日子 (Rizi)
Country of production Taiwan
Publishing year 2020
length 127 minutes
Rod
Director Tsai Ming-liang
script Tsai Ming-liang
production Claude Wang
camera Chang Jhong-Yuan
cut Chang Jhong-Yuan
occupation

Rizi (original title:日子/ international title: Days , dt .: "day") is a Taiwanese feature film by Tsai Ming-liang from the year 2020 . The erotic encounter between two lonely men is depicted. Lee Kang-sheng and Anong Houngheuangsy play the main roles in the low-budget production , which manages without dialogue .

The world premiere took place on February 27, 2020 as part of the competition at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival .

action

Exposed to severe neck pain due to an illness and the associated treatment, Kang lived through the day. He lives in a large house and looks out at nature through the glass front. The younger Non lives in a small apartment in Bangkok . In his free time he methodically devotes himself to preparing traditional dishes from his home village.

Kang and Non meet in a hotel room and an erotic encounter ensues. In their loneliness they briefly comfort each other and also eat together. Kang paid non for its services and gives him a music box that "Terry's Theme" from Charlie Chaplin's film spotlight (1952) are the best. Later, the two men say goodbye to continue their lives separately. At the end of the film, Non sits alone on a bench by the roadside and turns the music box again. It drowns out the traffic noise. Non gets up and leaves.

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Tsai Ming-liang (2013)

For Tsai Ming-liang, Rizi is the first feature film since Jiaoyou / Stray Dogs (2013). In between, he had devoted himself to short films, documentaries and a VR project. The shooting of Rizi dates back to 2014 and numerous film clips were created within the project. He cast the leading roles with his regular actor Lee Kang-sheng , with whom he has worked for more than three decades, as well as the film debutant Anong Houngheuangsy from Laos , whom Tsai discovered by chance on the streets of Bangkok . Tsai said that his eleventh feature film was a "godsend" because Lee fell ill during the course of the project and he didn't follow a plan, idea or script. The shooting dragged on with interruptions for four years. The director came across Anong by chance while he was cooking food in a modest house.

In Rizi is a handmade low-budget film, as Tsai was tired from the established studio system. The more people make films, the smaller his projects have become, but in return he is free to decide: “I am filming life now. Anong's day is my day, ”said Tsai. The director raised public funds to complete the film, which also required a long editing process. He announced the film in 2019 at the 76th Venice International Film Festival .

reception

After its premiere at the Berlinale, the film received mostly positive reviews. In the international review of the British trade magazine Screen International , Rizi received 3.3 out of four possible stars. Behind the US contribution Never Rarely Sometimes Always (3.4 stars), the film took 2nd place among all 18 Berlinale competition films .

Awards

Tsai Ming-liang competed with Rizi for the third time after 1997 ( Special Jury Prize for The River ) and 2005 ( Alfred Bauer Prize , Silver Bear - Outstanding Individual Achievement and FIPRESCI Prize for The Meat of the Watermelon ) at the Berlin International Film Festival the Golden Bear , the main prize of the festival. The film did not receive an award from the Jeremy Irons competition jury , but received a prize from the jury as part of the LGBTIQ film prize Teddy Award .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ English language press release for Film Days , p. 19 (PDF file; 17.78 MB).
  2. ↑ a b Rizi . In: berlinale.de (accessed on February 11, 2020).
  3. ↑ Fabian Wallmeier: Perhaps Tsai Ming-Liang's most tender film . In: rbb24.de, February 27, 2020 (accessed February 27, 2020).
  4. ↑ a b 日子 . In: movie.douban.com (accessed February 3, 2020).
  5. ↑ a b Wu Xangshuang: 台灣 電影 發光！ 蔡明亮 《日子》 三 度 角逐 金熊獎 、 張 作 作 驥 《陌生人》 鹿特丹 影展 爭 大 銀幕 . In: storm.mg, January 30, 2020 (accessed February 3, 2020).
  6. ↑ Ben Dalton: Eliza Hittman's 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' finishes top of Screen's Berlin 2020 jury grid . In: screendaily.com, February 29, 2020 (accessed February 29, 2020).
  7. ^ The competition of the 70th Berlinale and final selection of the Berlinale Special . In: berlinale.de, January 29, 2020 (accessed January 29, 2020).
  8. ↑ Prizes from independent juries. In: berlinale.de. Retrieved March 4, 2020 .