With the runaway international acclaim of this film, Taiwanese director Edward Yang could no longer be called Asian cinema's best-kept secret. Yi Yi swiftly follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-aged father NJ's tenuous flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang's attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, Yang imbues every gorgeous frame with a deft, humane clarity. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the new century.

Supplements Audio commentary by writer-director Edward Yang and noted Asian-cinema critic Tony Rayns New video interview with Rayns about Yang and the New Taiwan Cinema movement Optional English subtitle translation by Yang and Rayns U.S. theatrical trailer

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