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Stray Dogs

Original title: Jiao you
  • 20132013
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 18m
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6.9/10
2.8K
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Jiao you (2013)
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An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross path with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross path with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross path with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.

IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.8K
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  • Director
    • Ming-liang Tsai
  • Writers
    • Peng Fei Song
    • Ming-liang Tsai
    • Cheng-Yu Tung
  • Stars
    • Kang-sheng Lee
    • Kuei-Mei Yang
    • Yi-Ching Lu
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  • Director
    • Ming-liang Tsai
  • Writers
    • Peng Fei Song
    • Ming-liang Tsai
    • Cheng-Yu Tung
  • Stars
    • Kang-sheng Lee
    • Kuei-Mei Yang
    • Yi-Ching Lu
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 17User reviews
    • 76Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 17 wins & 20 nominations

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    Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-Ching Lu, Yi Cheng Lee, and Yi Chieh Lee in Jiao you (2013)
    Kang-sheng Lee, Yi Cheng Lee, and Yi Chieh Lee in Jiao you (2013)
    Yi-Ching Lu, Yi Cheng Lee, and Yi Chieh Lee in Jiao you (2013)
    Shiang-chyi Chen and Kang-sheng Lee in Jiao you (2013)
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    Kang-sheng Lee
    Kang-sheng Lee
    • Fatheras Father
    Kuei-Mei Yang
    Kuei-Mei Yang
    • Womanas Woman
    Yi-Ching Lu
    Yi-Ching Lu
    • Womanas Woman
    Shiang-chyi Chen
    Shiang-chyi Chen
    • Womanas Woman
    Yi Cheng Lee
    Yi Cheng Lee
    • Yi Cheng - sonas Yi Cheng - son
    Yi Chieh Lee
    Yi Chieh Lee
    • Yi Chieh - daughteras Yi Chieh - daughter
    Jin-kai Wu
    • Wangas Wang
    • Director
      • Ming-liang Tsai
    • Writers
      • Peng Fei Song
      • Ming-liang Tsai
      • Cheng-Yu Tung
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    Storyline

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    An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross path with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.
    • undressing
    • child nudity
    • girl nudity
    • wall
    • beach
    • 27 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Stray Dogs was the first Tsai Ming Liang work shot on digital video rather than on traditional celluloid film.
    • Quotes

      The Woman: One day it started raining... it rained non-stop. It rained so hard that water got in. The house started crying... and crying... Can't you see the tears?

    • Connections
      Featured in The Story of Film: A New Generation (2021)

    User reviews17

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    Top review
    8/10
    A painfully slow and beautiful film
    The modern film world is one filled with excess, and I'm not just talking about manufactured Hollywood block-busters. No there is even a large amount of excess in films that are more "artistic" if you will. And I want to be clear, that is not necessarily a bad thing, several films recent films have done wonders with just the concept of excess beyond reason, like The Wolf of Wall Street for example. But I do feel like something has been lost in the film world, a certain subtly that filled the films of Bergman and Ozu. A restraint that served to exemplify the characters and their struggles. Luckily there are some contemporary directors that are trying to continue this subtlety, and one of those directors is Ming-Liang Tsai.

    Stray Dogs is the most recent film by Ming-Liang Tsai, and well Stray Dogs doesn't have a plot, at least not the conventional sense. The film instead follows the lives of a few different characters, and tries to capture them as they are. The film brings the audience close to these characters and let's the audience understand them for what they are. To say that Stray Dogs takes its time is an understatement, every single scene in the film is slow and is stretched to the very limit of filmmaking. And believe me when I say that the scenes are at their limits. There are two scenes in the film that go on for so long that it exceeded not only anything else I had seen in any film, but they exceeded anything I thought possible. There is something very hypnotic about these scenes, Ming-Liang Tsai forces the audience to just stare at these characters for minutes on end as we soak in their facial expressions and slowly become one with them. It is something that is truly gorgeous and needs to be seen to be understood.

    If the actors in Stray Dogs were bad or even just average the film would be completely unwatchable, but luckily for us they are all fantastic. Especially Kang-sheng Lee, who plays the father of a small homeless family. (Kang-sheng Lee worked with Ming Liang-Tsai on several of his films.) He gives one of the most enduring and real performances I have ever seen. Another thing that's needs to be great for the film to work is the cinematography, which is also fantastic. The film is shot in a very matter-of-fact way, things are just shown as they are. The camera only a moves a handful amount of times in a film that's over two hours long. And the colors and lighting are just wonderful. Overall Stray Dogs is one of the most refreshing films I've seen in a long time, and if you think you can handle a really, really slow paced film, with a very unconventional narrative structure. I would highly recommend Stray Dogs.

    8.6
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    • May 10, 2016

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    • Release date
      • February 21, 2014 (Taiwan)
    • Countries of origin
      • Taiwan
      • France
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • 郊遊
    • Filming locations
      • Taipei, Taiwan
    • Production companies
      • Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA)
      • Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image
      • Homegreen Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $10,433
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,998
      • Sep 14, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $13,573
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 18 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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