Released Date:
2000-12-16
Languages:
Mandarin, Min Nan, Hokkien, English, Japanese
Countries:
Taiwan, Japan
Runtime:
173 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (11699 Reviews)
Director:
Edward YangEach 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 neighbors' 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.
Released Date:
2000-12-16
Languages:
Mandarin, Min Nan, Hokkien, English, Japanese
Countries:
Taiwan, Japan
Runtime:
173 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (11657 Reviews)
Director:
Edward YangEach 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 neighbors' 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.
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