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Movie poster: Walker (2012)
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2012 · 26 min Drama Documentary
6.1 / 10 · TMDB

In 2012, the Hong Kong International Film Festival invited Tsai Ming-Ling to make the opening short film. Having grown up with Hong Kong's popular culture, Tsai Ming-Liang decided to pay homage by making a "Walker" film, contrasting the Walker's slowness with the frenzied pace of Hong Kong's cosmopolitan life. The film ends with a song by Hong Kong actor and singer Samuel Hui, who was Tsai Ming-Liang's idol during his youth. The film was invited to be the closing short film for the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.

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Original Title 行者
Year 2012
Country Hong Kong, Taiwan
Genre Drama, Documentary
Director Tsai Ming-liang
Runtime 26 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.1/10 (20 votes)

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Tsai Ming-liang constructs a pure visual meditation, relying on the stark contrast between the monk's glacial pace and the city's frantic energy. He explores themes of time and presence, using slowness as a form of spiritual protest against modernity.

What lingers after viewing is the haunting image of a red speck in a gray urban river, a quiet challenge to our own velocity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Tsai Ming-liang

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