YI YI (2000)
Week 1 | 173 mins | Age recommendation: 14+
| Mon 28.09. | 19:30 Im Gotthard um die Welt | OVdf |  |
Gotthard |
By Edward Yang, with Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issey Ogata, Kelly Lee II, Jonathan Chang
This show is part of our "Im Gotthard um die Welt.
The Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang shows in his film YI YI the life of a family in modern Taipei. NJ is a man in his mid-forties. He is married, a father of two children and successful in his job - still he is no longer happy with himself and with his life.
While NJ starts seing his old flame again his mother-in-law is in a coma. It is NJ's eight year old son who guides us through everyday life of the family and who asks critical questions and surprises the spectators with his experiments in the water. The older sister has her first experiences with love and learns that one can not force felicity.