The MoMA Presents: The Films of Tsai Ming-Liang

The Museum of Modern Art will present a film series surveying the work of Tsai Ming-Liang at The Museum of Modern Art screening October 20th through November 13th. In the three decades since his debut feature, Tsai Ming-Liang (b. 1957) has built a contemplative body of work that ruminates on fundamental experiences of existence.

This retrospective, which marks Tsai and Lee’s first visit to the US since 2009, opens with their latest feature, Days (2020), and includes 14 features and four shorts directed by Tsai. A highlight is the first US theatrical run of Face (2009) on 35mm, a new addition to MoMA’s film collection. The director will share his memories of cinema in a special improvised live event, and two rarely seen films directed by Lee and produced by Tsai—The Missing (2003) and Single Belief (2016)—complete the retrospective.

Also included, will be the first US theatrical run of Tsai’s 2009 film, Face, from October 21-27. For this production, Tsai brings his regular cast together with legendary French actors, including Jean-Pierre Léaud and Fanny Ardant, for this film commissioned by the Louvre and shot largely on the museum’s premises. With the world-renowned art collection as its backdrop, Face is a gorgeously shot and composed work filled with dreamy sequences that resemble performance art installations.

For more information, visit moma.org, and to reserve tickets to individual screenings click here .