A One and A Two
 
Director Edward Yang Length
2hrs 53mins
Written by Edward Yang Certificate
15
    Year
2000
Stars Nien-Jen Wu Country
Taiwan / Japan
  Elaine Jin
Issey Ogata 		Language
In Taiwanese, Mandarin, English and Japanese with English subtitles
    AKA
Yi Yi
       
Outline
A multi-prizewinning film whose rich, complex plot reveals strands interwoven with poetic precision. The characters - family, neighbours, business associates, friends - are depicted (like their country) as positive, anxious, prosperous, insecure, and treated with deep humanism and touching humour. Do see it: it's a life-enhancing experience.
Reviews

"Intricately nuanced, lovingly crafted ... and decidedly wry in tone." - David Wood, BBC Online

"As rich and complex as a terrific novel, and you'll fall into the story just like you fall into a good book." -- Liz Braun, Toronto Sun

"A magnificently acted, deeply affecting movie. There will not be many better this year". Philip French, Observer.

"Only rarely is a film this tender and observant about the ups and downs of daily existence" Roger Ebert
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Screening Notes

Edward Yang's study of the troubled middle classes of Taiwan deserves as wide an audience as Crouching Tiger.

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Internet Links

Official Site - Feautring production notes, interviews, photos.

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