- published: 23 Jun 2015
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Actors: Elaine Jin (actress), Bo-Wen Chen (editor), Nien-Jen Wu (actor), Shin'ya Kawai (producer), Issei Ogata (actor), Edward Yang (writer), Edward Yang (actor), Edward Yang (director), Tony Rayns (miscellaneous crew), Shu-Yuan Hsu (actress), Lawrence Ko (actor), Yiwen Chen (actor), Shu-shen Hsiao (actress), Yoshiko Okura (producer), Ru-Yun Tang (actress),
Plot: 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.
Keywords: ambulance, animated-sequence, argument, baby, bagel, balloon, ballroom, bathtub, beer, bicycle