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Yi yi (A one and a two)
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Movie propaganda
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries.
NJ (Nien-Jen Wu) 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 dropped her. His teenage daughter Ting-Ting (Kelly Lee) watches emotions roil in their neighbours' flat and is experiencing the first stirrings of love. His son Yang-Yang (Jonathan Chang), 8, laconic like his dad, pursues truth with the help of a camera.
"Why is the world so different from what we think it is?" asks Ting-Ting.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film Taiwan Chinese Taipei drama
Persons of interest
- Nien-Jen Wu .... NJ
- Elaine Jin .... Min-Min
- Issey Ogata .... Ota
- Kelly Lee .... Ting-Ting
- Jonathan Chang .... Yang-Yang
- Hsi-Sheng Chen .... Ah-Di
- Su-Yun Ko .... Sherry
- Shu-shen Hsiao .... Hsiao Yen
- Adrian Lin .... Li-Li
- Pang Chang Yu .... Fatty
- Ru-Yun Tang .... Min-Min's Mother
- Hsin-Yi Tseng .... Yun-Yun
- Edward Yang .... Screenwriter
- Edward Yang .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Yi yi (A one and a two) QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- Brisbane Film Festival 2002: Official screening
- Cannes Film Festival 2002: Best Director
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Foreign Film
- Melbourne Film Festival 2002: Official screening
- New York Film Critics Circle: Best Foreign Film
- USA National Society of Film Critics: Best Picture
- NB: English, Hokkien and Mandarin languages with English language subtitles
- Studios and distributors:
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Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
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Security censorship classification
M (Adult themes, medium level coarse language)
Surveillance time
173 minutes (2:53 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 19 September 2002
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