Yi Yi (2000)

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173 min - Drama | Music | Romance - 20 September 2000 (France)

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Ratings: 7.9/10 from 7,436 users Metascore: 92/100
Reviews: 85 user | 98 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com

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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

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Storyline

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, his business partners make bad decisions against his advice, and he reconnects with his first love 30 years after he dumped her. His teenage daughter Ting-Ting watches emotions roil in their neighbors' flat and is experiencing the first stirrings of love. His 8-year-old son Yang-Yang is laconic like his dad and pursues truth with the help of a camera. "Why is the world so different from what we think it is?" asks Ting-Ting. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Drama | Music | Romance

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Country:

Taiwan | Japan

Language:

Mandarin | Hokkien | English (only a few words) | Japanese (only a few words)

Release Date:

20 September 2000 (France) See more »

Also Known As:

A One and a Two (Yi Yi) See more »

Filming Locations:

Taipei City, Taiwan

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$9,456 (USA) (8 October 2000) (1 Screen)

Gross:

$901,359 (USA) (24 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

AtomFilms, Nemuru Otoko Seisaku Iinkai, Omega Project See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

173 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

Chosen by British film magazine "Sight and Sound" in 2002 as one of the ten greatest films of the past 25 years. See more »

Quotes

Ota: Why are we afraid of the first time? Every day in life is a first time. Every morning is new. We never live the same day twice. We're never afraid of getting up every morning. Why?
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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) See more »

Soundtracks

"All My Best"
Composed by Kai-Li Peng
Performed by Kai-Li Peng See more »

Yi Yi (2000)
Yi yi (original title)

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