Tsai Ming-liang’s ‘Dust’ screens at San Sebastián Film Festival

Tsai Ming-liang’s film ‘Dust’ (La deriva) was presented at the 74th San Sebastián International Film Festival within the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section. The film serves as the eleventh installment in the director’s ‘The Walker’ series, which began in 2012.

Following its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, the film features Lee Kang-sheng as a Buddhist monk who moves through urban spaces at a slow, meditative pace. The narrative is characterized by a lack of traditional dialogue or conflict, focusing instead on the visual interaction between the monk and the surrounding city environments. In ‘Dust’, the presence of the monk acts as a disruptive element to the rhythm of modern urban life, prompting various reactions from passersby.