


Taiwanese director Hsiao-Kang (Kang-sheng Lee) journeys to the Louvre in Paris, where he shoots a wild adaptation of the story of Salome (supermodel Laetitia Casta), the stepdaughter of Herod who demands the head of John the Baptist (Jean-Pierre Léaud). Léaud joins Jeanne Moreau, Fanny Ardant and Nathalie Baye -- all mainstays of François Truffaut's films -- in director Ming-liang Tsai's dreamy tribute to the French new wave.