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Yi Yi
MEANRANK
86/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #92
- IMDb #279
- Rotten Tomatoes #179
- Metacritic #51
- Letterboxd #11
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #197
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #471
- Metacritic Critics #86
- Metacritic Audience #108
- Criticker #38
- Douban #52
- Kinopoisk #2652
- AlloCiné #757
- Trakt #278
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 70, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The lives of three generations of a middle-class family in Taipei are observed with quiet intimacy. Each member grapples with their own personal crises: the father faces a professional and moral dilemma, the teenage daughter experiences first love, the young son contemplates life’s big questions, and the grandmother lies in a coma. Their individual stories collectively paint a sprawling portrait of love, loss, and the subtle rhythms of everyday existence.
Details
- Director
- Edward Yang
- Writer
- Edward Yang
- Studio
- Omega Project, Atom Films, Pony Canyon
- Released
- 20 September 2000
- Country
- Taiwan, Japan
- Language
- Mandarin, Min Nan, Hokkien, English, Japanese, French
- Runtime
- 173 min
- Rated
- NR
- Box office
- $1.5M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 13th European Film Awards 2000 | Best Non-European Film | Edward Yang | Nominee |
| 13th European Film Awards 2000 | Best Non-European Film | Shin'ya Kawai | Nominee |
| 13th European Film Awards 2000 | Best Non-European Film | Naoko Tsukeda | Nominee |
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| Best Non-European Film | Shin'ya Kawai | Nominee |
| Best Non-European Film | Naoko Tsukeda | Nominee |