The walker with shaved head in a red robe wanders barefoot. Slowly but determinedly, he walks by the woods, the bizarre stones and the grassland. He also passes through the shadows of trees and houses. He sets his foot in the train station, the church and the museum. The sun rises and goes down, the walker ambles in a city called Washington D.C. Following the paths of the walker or not, an outlander is also straying in the city. The film is the tenth in Tsai Ming-Liang’s “Walker” series, which began in 2011. For more than a decade, Tsai’s long-time contributor actor and the leading cast Lee Kang-Sheng stars as the monk from Tang dynasty Xuanzang, who has wandered on foot around the world.

Presented at the Berlin International Film Festival and at CPH:DOX.