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YI YI

  • 2000
  • 2 HR, 53 min
  • MAY 6
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Released 2000
Taiwan, Japan
2 hours, 53 minutes
Janus Films
Starring
  • Nien-Jen Wu
  • Elaine Jin
  • Issei Ogata
  • Kelly Lee
  • Jonathan Chang
Director

Edward Yang

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The extraordinary, internationally embraced Yi Yi (A One and a Two . . .) , directed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang, follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-age father NJ’s tentative flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang’s attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, the filmmaker deftly imbues every gorgeous frame with a compassionate clarity. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the new century.

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Film Stills

Full Cast
Nien-Jen Wu N.J.
Elaine Jin Min-Min
Issei Ogata Mr. Ota
Kelly Lee Ting-Ting
Jonathan Chang Yang-Yang
Additional Credits
Edward Yang Director

Reviews

“Yang takes the long view, transforming the ingredients of family melodrama into a serene, generous, comic vision of our tangled urban lives.”

David Ansen
Newsweek

“The artistry is undeniable — tough insights blended with graceful compassion, gloomy certainties flecked with rays of hope.”

Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

“A humanistic masterwork.”

Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

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