Edward Yang’s Yi Yi is a deeply human, quietly profound portrait of a middle-class Taipei family navigating the joys and sorrows of everyday life. Spanning generations, the film follows father NJ, his adolescent daughter Ting-Ting, and his introspective young son Yang-Yang as they each confront moments of change and self-discovery. 

With gentle pacing and poetic sensitivity, Yang captures the beauty in the mundane and the weight of unspoken emotion. Its quiet power lies in its ability to reflect life back to us with clarity, compassion, and grace. Yi Yi is not just a family saga—it’s a cinematic meditation on the fullness of being alive.