Beautiful, endearing, and deeply relatable. There’s something in this movie for everyone. Meditations on the simplest and smallest parts of life paired with grand moments - marriage, death, the dissolution of a girls friendship (an emotional peak for me personally) 

If this movie was 2.5 hrs instead of 3 I think it would be 5 stars but it strained my attention at points

Beautiful, endearing, and deeply relatable. There’s something in this movie for everyone. Meditations on the simplest and smallest parts of life paired with grand moments - marriage, death, the dissolution of a girls friendship (an emotional peak for me personally) 

If this movie was 2.5 hrs instead of 3 I think it would be 5 stars but it strained my attention at points

watching this while being in kind of a film slump these past couple of days wasnt a really good idea, sometimes i couldnt really connect with it and it felt kinda tedious. eventhough this is the kind of movie id really really love if im in the right headspace for it. i do really like it tho dont get me wrong.

shot so beautifully its actually kind of crazy how inspiring this is for me... makes me really want to go outside and shoot some beautiful double exposure film.. problem is that i dont have any beautiful neon light cities near me lol

ending is awfully gut wrenching, didnt expect it but kinda made me sob.

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watching this while being in kind of a film slump these past couple of days wasnt a really good idea, sometimes i couldnt really connect with it and it felt kinda tedious. eventhough this is the kind of movie id really really love if im in the right headspace for it. i do really like it tho dont get me wrong.

shot so beautifully its actually kind of crazy how inspiring this is for me... makes me really want to go outside and shoot some beautiful double exposure film.. problem is that i dont have any beautiful neon light cities near me lol

ending is awfully gut wrenching, didnt expect it but kinda made me sob.

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Lives lived in reflection of each other and themselves. Not necessarily reflecting the past, but rather the present and future.

We see shots composed of purely reflections off of windows, water, appliances—reflecting an imperfect picture of the moment. A son makes his father’s mistakes; a father relives his old ones. Stories are told in mirror, though the reflection is never the same as the original. Everything is both a first and a second. Nothing is truly new, yet it is always unique.

An incredibly ambitious film, executed with a quiet power. One of the most beautiful and moving films I’ve ever seen.

Lives lived in reflection of each other and themselves. Not necessarily reflecting the past, but rather the present and future.

We see shots composed of purely reflections off of windows, water, appliances—reflecting an imperfect picture of the moment. A son makes his father’s mistakes; a father relives his old ones. Stories are told in mirror, though the reflection is never the same as the original. Everything is both a first and a second. Nothing is truly new, yet it is always unique.

An incredibly ambitious film, executed with a quiet power. One of the most beautiful and moving films I’ve ever seen.

yıllaaaar yıllar sonra tekrar izleyip bütün yaşadıklarım ve kaybettiğim insanlar için hüzünleneceğim bir film.

yıllaaaar yıllar sonra tekrar izleyip bütün yaşadıklarım ve kaybettiğim insanlar için hüzünleneceğim bir film.

a tender tale that treats ordinary everyday life as something quietly devastating, Yi Yi is the most human film i’ve ever seen. a perfect photograph of a curious childhood, a callow adolescence, and an unfulfilling adulthood. it completely lived up to my expectations, and i can absolutely understand why it holds such a high spot on the letterboxd top 250.

a tender tale that treats ordinary everyday life as something quietly devastating, Yi Yi is the most human film i’ve ever seen. a perfect photograph of a curious childhood, a callow adolescence, and an unfulfilling adulthood. it completely lived up to my expectations, and i can absolutely understand why it holds such a high spot on the letterboxd top 250.