Share
Yi Yi (2000)
Movie
Released
173 minutes, original release. An ordinary Taipei family becomes expansive through the different ages and questions held inside it. Edward Yang lets business, care, first attraction and the wish to begin again coexist without forcing them into a single lesson. Its generous duration gives supporting lives an independence that a tighter plot would lose. A fine choice for anyone who wants an epic's emotional breadth without armies or kingdoms.
Source
About Yi Yi
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.