The Wayward Cloud 2005 Metaphor, allegory Theres a drought in Taiwan Watermelon are abundant and become juice, food, something to share with a guest, and an aphrodisiac In a large building of flats, Hsiao Kang and Shiang chyis paths cross she knew him when he sold watches, now he acts in pornographic films She scavenges for plastic water bottles He bathes in the buildings cistern Fantasy song and dance numbers punctuate the characters nearly aimless pursuits she has lost her keys and he helps her find them he naps in a park, she watches he smokes on the floor beneath her kitchen table while she sits His film making continues Can they connect