Yi Yi

Movie

2000

2h 53m

Not Rated

Mandarin

Drama

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8.2

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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 partne...

Yi Yi

Not Rated

Movie

2000

2h 53m

Mandarin

Drama

Watch on The Criterion Channel

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Cast

N.J.

Mr. Ota

Min-Min

Ting-Ting

Yang-Yang

A-Di

Sherry Chang-Breitner

Dada

Xiao-Yan

Lili

Fatty

Grandma

Mrs. Jiang

Yunyun

Migo

Nancy

Shu Ge

Liren

N.J.'s Neighbor

Xiao-Yan's Uncle

Soldier

Dean

Lili's English Teacher

Yi-Wen Chen

Police Officer

Directed By: Edward Yang

Written By: Edward Yang

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Random Cinephile says...

7 years ago

Masterpiece movie, a quiet meditation on the meaning of life, passing of time, family drama, need for communication, life, death. A movie that flows so natural, it switches to each members of a middle-classed Taiwanese family, capturing the beauty of life, through the surprises they will encounter every day.

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2016moonlight says...

2 years ago

Yesterday was my grandma’s 90th birthday and we’re all celebrating it at lunch today. I had no idea what this movie was about but it somehow happened that after having it on my watchlist for months I finally watched it across these two days. “We live three times as long since man invented movies,” might mean that we get to live other people’s lives through the images on screen, but I think what it actually means is that, through movies, we just learn to live our own life three times as intensely. Happy birthday, grandma :heart:

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soonertbone says...

one year ago

Mundane, but exquisite. Small, but epic. Breathtaking beauty throughout its run, with so many carefully drawn characters that felt so specific yet also universal. I loved the use of perspective-taking throughout, with hints of other universes peeking into the corners of every frame. Nearly perfect movie for me.

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Jay Shuai says...

one year ago

After the unbearable snoozefest that was A Brighter Summer’s Day i was hesitant about watching this. I was fully expecting another dull, bloated film. How wrong I was. It’s a masterpiece. A quietly devastating work full of pathos. It reminds me of the Henry David Thoreau quote - ‘the mass of men live lives of quiet desperation’. This is present in every scene. Visually it’s not the most exciting, opting for a more subtle style. Some nice shots shot through windows where we cant see the characters talking because of the reflection of the city in the glass, giving us a ‘behind closed doors’ feel. Fully deserving of all the praised heaped upon it. Recommend it to anyone who has lived enough years to know that life is filled with suffering. 9/10

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