The red thread has always connected them, the red of destiny and blood and love has always been around them and between them.
And it has only grown more direct.
Qian is the one who tied the string first but it Yuan who has been shaped by them. Qian brought them together with compassion and Yuan learned to love from him and for him.
日子 | DAYS (2020)
dir. Tsai Ming-Liang
Under the pain of illness and treatment, middle-aged and middle class Kang finds himself adrift. He meets the younger Non for a massage appointment. They find consolation in each other, before parting ways and carrying on with their days.
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刺青 | SPIDER LILIES (2007)
dir. Zero Chou
When camgirl Jade visits artist Takeko's tattoo studio, she becomes entranced with the image of the spider lily- and with Takeko herself. In order to get closer to the object of her desire, Jade asks Takeko to give her the same lily tattoo, challenging Takeko's monastic existence and opening up memories which threaten to tear the two women apart.
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