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Writer:
Edward Yang (written by)
Release Date:
20 September 2000 (France)
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Plot:
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries...
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Awards:
9 wins
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11 nominations
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(4 articles)
User Comments:
About as good as film can get
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Nien-Jen Wu | ... | N.J. | |
| Elaine Jin | ... | Min-Min | |
| Issei Ogata | ... | Ota | |
| Kelly Lee | ... | Ting-Ting | |
| Jonathan Chang | ... | Yang-Yang | |
| Hsi-Sheng Chen | ... | Ah-Di | |
| Su-Yun Ko | ... | Sherry | |
| Shu-shen Hsiao | ... | Hsiao Yen | |
| Adriene Lin | ... | Li-Li | |
| Pang Chang Yu | ... | Fatty | |
| Ru-Yun Tang | ... | NJ's Mother | |
| Shu-Yuan Hsu | |||
| Hsin-Yi Tseng | ... | Yun-Yun | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Yiwen Chen | |||
| An-an Hsu | |||
| Yue-Lin Ko | ... | The Soldier (as Ke Yulun) | |
| Kai-Li Peng | ... | Cellist in cello concert scene | |
| Congsheng Tang | ... | Blue Shirt | |
| Edward Yang | ... | Pianist in cello concert scene | |
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Runtime:
173 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Portugal:M/12 |
Finland:S |
France:U |
Germany:6 |
Hong Kong:IIA |
South Korea:All |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:7 |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:Not Rated |
Singapore:PG
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Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the ten best pictures of 2000 (#7, tied with The Virgin Suicides (1999)).
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References Wild Wild West (1999)
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Soundtrack:
A Smile in Hand
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This is without a doubt the best film of 2000, a masterpiece of sublety and understatement. It is long--just under three hours--but during that three hours, the entire range of human experience is covered. It is about life--that's it. But, to make a statement about life, you have to illustrate it with lives, and this Yang does exquisitely. There is a tragic undercurrent running through this film, and while I was watching it I thought of Thoreau's observation that "most men lead lives of quiet desperation." Yet, in spite of the travails the film's characters undergo, it is ultimately a work of affirmation. This is about as good as the art of cinema can get.