| Release Date: | Oct 2000 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Music / Romance |
| Awards: | 9 wins & 11 nominations |
| Cast: | Nien-Jen Wu (N.J.), Elaine Jin (Min-Min), Issei Ogata (Ota), Kelly Lee (Ting-Ting), Jonathan Chang (Yang-Yang), Hsi-Sheng Chen (Ah-Di), Su-Yun Ko (Sherry), Shu-shen Hsiao (Hsiao Yen), Adriene Lin (Li-Li), Pang Chang Yu (Fatty), Ru-Yun Tang (NJ's Mother), Shu-Yuan Hsu (), Hsin-Yi Tseng (Yun-Yun), Yiwen Chen (), An-an Hsu (), Ko Yu-Luen (The Soldier (as Yulun Ke)), Kai-Li Peng (Cellist in cello concert scene), Tsung Sheng Tang (Blue Shirt), Edward Yang (Pianist in cello concert scene) |
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank, his business partners make bad decisions against his advice, and he reconnects with his first love 30 years after he dumped her. His teenage daughter Ting-Ting watches emotions roil in their neighbors' flat and is experiencing the first stirrings of love. His 8-year-old son Yang-Yang is laconic like his dad and pursues truth with the help of a camera. "Why is the world so different from what we think it is?" asks Ting-Ting.
