Yi Yi (2000) on Netflix
NJ runs into an old girlfriend, Sherry, at the wedding of Min-Min's brother A-Di. Afterward, Min-Min's mother suffers a stroke, and the family takes turns talking to her at her bedside.
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- IMDb8.1/1035,046 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes97%
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Plot summary
The Jians are a middle-class family in Taipei: father NJ, mother Min-Min, teenage Ting-Ting and young Yang-Yang. At the wedding of Min-Min's brother A-Di, NJ meets Sherry, an old girlfriend now living in Chicago, who gives him her phone number. After the reception, Min-Min's mother suffers a stroke and lies comatose, and the doctor urges the family to talk to her daily. NJ, an engineer, is unhappy with his life, and his struggling company wants him to court a client named Mr. Ota. Min-Min leaves for a Buddhist retreat. Ting-Ting feels guilty about her grandmother's collapse, and Yang-Yang, unwilling to speak to a woman he believes cannot hear him, begins taking photographs.
Cast
- Chuan-cheng Taoas Dada (as Michael Tao)
- Meng-chin 'Adriene' Linas Lili (as Adrian Lin)
- Pang Chang Yuas Pangzi (as Yupang Chang)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Yi Yi (2000)
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- Edward Yang wrote the children in Yi Yi as 10 and 15 years old, but cast Jonathan Chang and Kelly Lee, neither of whom had acted before; they were 8 and 13 when shooting began, so he rewrote the script to suit them.
- The piano pieces on Yi Yi's soundtrack, among them Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Bach's Toccata in E minor, were mostly performed by Kaili Peng, director Edward Yang's wife. She also cameos as a concert cellist, with Yang posing as her pianist.
