Face
Synopsis
A Taiwanese filmmaker makes a film at the Louvre Museum based on the myth of Salome. Although he speaks neither French nor English, he insists on giving the part of King Herod to the French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud. To give the film a chance at the box-office, the production company gives the role of Salome to a world famous model. But problems arise as soon as filming begins.
Amidst all this confusion, the director suddenly learns of his mother’s death. The female producer flies to Taipei to attend the funeral. The director falls into a deep sleep where his mother's spirit does not seem to want to leave her old apartment. The producer has no choice but to wait, alone and lost in a strange city.
Like after a very long voyage, filming will resume after everyone gets lost in the various byways of the Louvre’s basement tunnels.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (11)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : JBA Production
- Co-production : Arte France Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : Circe Films, Tarantula Belgique, Homegreen Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Fortissimo Films
- French distribution : Rezo Films
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producers : Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin
- Screenwriter : Tsai Ming-Liang
- Director of Photography : Liao Pen-Jung
- Assistant Director : Vincent Wang
- Editor : Jacques Comets
- Sound recordists : Roberto Van Eijden, Tang Hsiang-Chu, Jean Mallet, Philippe Baudhuin
- Costume designers : Christian Lacroix, Wang Chia Huei, Anne Dunsford-Varenne
- Production Manager : Christophe Desenclos
- Press Attachés (film) : Laurence Granec, Karine Ménard
- Continuity supervisor : Renée Falson
- Production Designers : Alain-Pascal Housiaux, Patrick Dechesne, Lee Tien-Chueh
- Choreographer : Philippe Decouflé
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : Chinese, French
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Taiwan
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
