Time Passes: Thirty-Five Years With Tsai Ming-Liang
VIVE L’AMOUR
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752
Pricing
$13.50 evening / $11 matinee (available M-F for shows before 6 PM)
$4 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Impact Circle members.
Discounts for AISD educators and local high school & college students are available at the box office with a valid school ID.
“Even when they are placed in the most absurd situations, Tsai Ming-liang’s characters convey feelings so incredibly universal that it’s impossible to not relate to them. VIVE L’AMOUR is one of the best and brightest examples of this; it’s never looked better to feel so alone.”
—Film Inquiry
In a supposedly empty Taipei apartment, three strangers unknowingly share space — realtor May Lin (Yang Kuei-mei), her lover Ah-jung (Chen Chao-jung), and a lonely ossuary salesman Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng) hiding within its walls. Tsai Ming-liang’s Golden Lion-winning masterpiece captures longing, desire, and quiet isolation in precisely staged, heartbreaking encounters.
PRESENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH
This program is made possible by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan (Republic of China), with additional support provided by the Taiwan Academy of the Economic and Cultural Office in Houston. Special thanks to our Airline Sponsor, EVA Airways.
