我新认识的朋友 (1995): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 1995, 我新认识的朋友 is a notable film directed by Tsai Ming-liang.

What it’s about. Tsai interrupted his pre-production for The River to make this pioneering documentary for Taiwan's nascent AIDS-awareness campaign. Ignoring instructions to 'play down the gay angle', he centres the film on his own very candid conversations with two HIV+ young men. Sadly the identities of the interviewees have to be concealed, and so the freewheeling camerawork focuses most often on Tsai himself; but the sense of rapport between the director and his 'new friends' is palpable and very moving, even to Western viewers already only too familiar with these issues.

Who’s in it. 我新认识的朋友 stars Tsai Ming-liang as Himself, Lee Kang-sheng and Pearlly Chua.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch 我新认识的朋友 page.