Yang uses a distanced, precise camera to observe his characters through windows and reflections, creating a sense of both profound isolation and deep connection.
Drifts through the guilt and confusion of her first romantic experiences.
A partner in a struggling computer firm who reconnects with a lost love while questioning the morality of his professional life.
A young boy who begins photographing the backs of people's heads because, as he explains, they can't see that part of the truth for themselves. Artistic Elements
Suffers a spiritual breakdown , feeling the emptiness of her repetitive daily life.
Widely considered one of the greatest films ever made, Yi Yi currently sits in the top 100 of the Sight & Sound critics' poll. It is celebrated not for dramatic twists, but for its relenting honesty regarding the "mundanity" of life, which Yang transforms into something luminous and essential.