Yi Yi
Taiwan
2000
173 Min
Color
Mandarin
Synopsis
With the runaway international acclaim of this film, Taiwanese director Edward Yang could no longer be called Asian cinema’s best-kept secret. Yi Yi swiftly 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-aged father NJ’s tenuous flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang’s attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, Yang imbues every gorgeous frame with a deft, humane clarity. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the new century. —The Criterion Collection
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Ryan Borja
19Jan10
Edward Yang's masterpiece is achingly beautiful and poignant. We get to see the different lives of these people who may also be one among us, our friends or family members. The part when Yang-Yang recites his unspoken thoughts to his dead grandmother is stunning and perfectly executed that it wraps the film and recharges that feeling to start all over again with much much bigger hope and forgiveness..
John
17Nov09
An absolutely brilliant and stunning film. Each frame is a painting, several times the nature or architecture is given as much star time as the actors (reminds me of Andrei Rublev or L’Avventura, but in color). The mix of comedy and drama is spot on, like a Wes Andersen film that leans slightly more towards the drama end. If you’re a fan of this film, I would recommend Secret Sunshine (2007) by Lee Chang-dong.
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La différence chinoise, contemporaine
By hubertguillaud on January 23, 2010
Le cinéma chinois parle peu de la Chine d’aujourd’hui, celle qui a réussi, celle qui ressemble à l’occident. Yi Yi est le portrait d’une famille de cette Chine qui ressemble un peu à l’Amérique. On… read review
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By David-Davecito-Davidji... ! on December 20, 2008
I haven’t sought out much of the ‘runaway acclaim’ that this magnificent film has generated, and I am a bit curious to know others’ take on it. With every viewing, I come closer to thinking that “Yi… read review
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