The Wayward Cloud (bc30)
天邊一朵雲 (bc30)
Fruity, juicy and spicy.
6.0/10 Mixed 133 votes
- Released
- 17 Sep 2026
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Certificate
- Category III
- Original title
- 天邊一朵雲
- Language
- zh
The verdict
Audiences rate it 6.0 out of 10 on TMDB across 133 votes — a mixed reception. It is not currently playing in Hong Kong cinemas. Category III · 90 minutes.
What it is about
Living a dry and lonely life in drought-stricken Taipei, she spends her time scavenging for water, and he tries to take a bath in the rooftop water tank after a day of porn acting. If life gives them watermelons, make juice and have pulpy sex with them? Injected with deliberately anachronistic and camp musical numbers, Tsai’s tale of love, drought, and desperation mixes sexual frankness and surreal minimalism with aesthetic crudity in an exploration of his characters’ disconnected, existential malaise.
What to expect
Tsai Ming-liang drops a drought-stricken Taipei, a watermelon, and a porn actor into 90 minutes of deadpan musical numbers. Lee Kang-sheng plays a performer who cools off in a rooftop water tank between shoots; Chen Shian-chyi scavenges for water. Their encounters are framed by deliberately camp song-and-dance interludes that clash with the arid, near-wordless stretches around them. The III certificate is earned—the sexual content is explicit and matter-of-fact, not teasing. It screens as part of the bc30 anniversary strand, with English and Chinese subtitles. The 6.0 audience score from 133 votes captures how divisive its dry, static approach remains.
Trailer
Cast
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Lee Kang-sheng
Taiwanese Porn Actor - Chen Shian-chyi
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Chen Shiang-Chyi
National Museum Narrator -
Lu Yi-ching
Taiwanese Porn Actress -
Yang Kuei-mei
Imaginary girl - Sumomo Yozakura Japanese Porn Star
- Lam Fai-Kan
- Siu Wun-Man
- Shu-Mei Hung
- Huan-Wen Hsiao
- Hui-Xun Lin
- Kuo-Xuan Jao
- David Yang
- Huan-Wen Wu
- Yu-Wei Chang
- Xun-You Chou
Crew
- Director Tsai Ming-liang
- Writer Tsai Ming-liang
- Director of Photography Liao Pen-jung
- Editor Chan Sing-Cheong
- Producer Bruno Pésery
- Executive Producer Vincent Wang
What viewers said
Well I knew water melon was a super-food, but I didn't realise it was quite as versatile as this! Indeed, it's multi-functionality prevails throughout much of this bizarre hybrid of comedy, musical and straightforward porn. It's all set in a Taiwan where it hasn't rained for ages and where these fruit are in short supply. That's where we meet two people who live in the same block of flats. […]
CinemaSerf — 7/10 · read in full
Common questions
- What is the runtime and certificate in Hong Kong?
- 90 minutes, rated III. Only viewers 18 and above can be admitted.
- What language is the movie in, and are subtitles available?
- The original language is Chinese (Mandarin). English and Chinese subtitles are provided.
- Is this suitable for children?
- No. The III certificate means it is restricted to adults, and the content includes explicit sexual material.
