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| Content | | | | Yi Yi / A one, a two (2000) | Director: Edward Yang
Starring: Nien-Jen Wu, Jonathan Chang
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 neighbor`s 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.
Director Edward Yang takes his time telling this story, leaving enough room for the spectator to contemplate about the questions and emotions of the family members. Yang shows great kindness for people, however, without mincing matters. Jonathan Chang as eight years old Yang-Yang is enchanting, incredibly funny and thoughtful at the same time. Who is not moved to tears by his final monologue has a heart of stone…
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