Yi Yi

Yi Yi

2000 · 173 min · ZH · NR · 7.9 (458 votes)
Dir. Edward Yang · Starring Wu Nien-jen, Issey Ogata, Elaine Jin Yan-Ling, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Chen Hsi-sheng · Music Kai-Li Peng
Drama

Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.

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A quiet, profound immersion into the everyday lives and inner thoughts of a Taipei family. It's a film that feels like a long, thoughtful conversation, observing the subtle currents of love, regret, and the search for meaning in the mundane.

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