The first shot takes us into a dilapidated apartment in Taipei, Taiwan. Inside, two children sleeping, while their mother watches over them. Shortly after, the mother is gone and the children continue living with their father in a container. Until a lonely supermarket cashier promises them the chance for a better life. Stray Dogs portrays the emptiness of the existence of a man who is bereft of his time and for whom the meaninglessness of his future and past has become apparent. Using long, compelling shots, the film adds a compelling beauty to the misery while the soundtrack of wind and water accompany the unusual narrative. Unlike any other, Tsai Ming-liang knows how to use the language of cinema to captivate and seduce his audience with his subtle mise-en-scène. Giving poverty a sense of dignity through cinematographic refinement, Stray Dogs is nothing short of both a sensual and daring masterpiece. Winner of the Grand Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. _"Stray Dogs asks a lot of us. In fact it asks us to set aside everything we've been conditioned to think movies are, and roll with a different way of seeing and hearing things, and connect."_, Matt Zoller Seitz, RogertEbert.com _"Every shot of Stray Dogs has been built with utter formal mastery; every sequence exerts an almost telepathic grip. This film could have been beamed to Venice from another planet."_, Robbie Collin, The Telegraph "*Buy ticket >>*":http://www.adticket.de/Lichter-Filmfestival-Shop.html?format=raw&searchname=Stray%20Dogs