Yi Yi (4K Restoration)

A year in the life of a family in Taipei

Yi Yi by director Edward Yang takes place over 1 year in the life of the Jian family in Taipei. The story begins at a wedding and ends at a funeral. In between, Yang shows how each family member struggles in their own way with choices, loss, and expectations. The film follows multiple characters simultaneously, without judgment.

What you see through the eyes of the characters

Father NJ faces a professional crisis and meets a childhood sweetheart. His young son Yang-Yang photographs the backs of people, to capture what they cannot see themselves. Daughter Ting-Ting carries a sense of guilt that slowly exhausts her. Yang shows how people live side by side without really knowing each other.

A classic of Taiwanese cinema on the big screen

Yi Yi won the directing prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000. The 4K restoration gives you the chance to experience the precise visual language of Yang again or for the first time at Lab111 in Amsterdam. Are you interested? Use the link on this page for tickets.