Kang lives alone in a big house. Through a glass façade, he looks out onto the treetops lashed by wind and rain. He feels a strange pain of unknown origin, which he can hardly bear, gripping his whole body. Non lives in a small apartment in Bangkok, where he methodically prepares traditional dishes from his native village. When Kang meets Non in a hotel room, the two men share each other's loneliness.... (Full plot summary below)
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Kang lives alone in a big house. Through a glass façade, he looks out onto the treetops lashed by wind and rain. He feels a strange pain of unknown origin, which he can hardly bear, gripping his whole body. Non lives in a small apartment in Bangkok, where he methodically prepares traditional dishes from his native village. When Kang meets Non in a hotel room, the two men share each other's loneliness.
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| RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsTo enjoy Days, you have commit to its earthy dream logic. It is an extraordinary movie; it is not an easy sit. |
| Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangIt’s a tale of profound isolation and thrilling connection, alert and alive and gorgeously sensual even as every moment carries a bittersweet reminder of time’s inexorable passage. |
| The PlaylistJason BaileyThat ending, poetic and beautiful, is the chronological conclusion of Days; emotionally, it crests a few minutes earlier, as the two men go on a modest dinner “date” after their encounter. |
| Slant MagazineDiego SemereneReciprocity might be impossible in a world rigged against queerness, Tsai seems to say, which doesn’t mean that certain things can't still be shared. |
| Screen DailyLee MarshallIn a film lasting a shade over two hours, consisting of just 46 separate shots, the undisputed emperor of Taiwanese slow cinema crafts a ravishing, wordless story of urban loneliness. |
| The New York TimesGlenn KennyTsai’s motives for stretching his shots become clear after a while, and the film builds an uncanny mood. |
| TheWrapDave WhiteFormally, Tsai’s approach is as spare as possible while still maintaining a loose sense of narrative. |
| Paste MagazineDom SinacolaTwo lives connecting across the wasteland of modernity can be among the rarest and richest parts of our days on this planet. When Tsai makes those connections, all too briefly, it’s indelibly moving. |
| IndieWireDavid EhrlichDays becomes such a resonant addition to Tsai’s exhumed body of work because the filmmaker recognizes and embraces that uncharacteristically sentimental undertow; the last 30 minutes of this (relatively short) movie reward viewers who’ve spent the previous 90 minutes searching — reaching — for a souvenir they might be able to take away from it. |
| The Film StageMatt CipollaWith Days, Tsai turns the audience into the lonely and makes them see the world from the inside out. |
