However , Yang was best known for his seventh and final film , '' Yi Yi '' ( 2000 ) ( full title in some areas : '' Yi Yi : A One and A Two '' ) - it was for this film that he received the Best Director at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival where it was also in competition and nominated for the prestigious Palme d'Or . '' Yi Yi '' was an epic story about the Jian family seen through three different perspectives : the father NJ ( Wu Nien-jen ) , the son Yang-Yang ( Jonathan Chang ) , and the daughter , Ting-Ting ( Kelly Lee ) . The three-hour piece started with a wedding , concluded with a funeral , and contemplated all areas of human life in-between with profound humor , beauty and tragedy . The film is also best summarized by film critic Nigel Andrews , who stated in the '' Financial Times '' that " t o describe '' Yi Yi '' as a three-hour Taiwanese family drama is like calling '' Citizen Kane '' a film about a newspaper . " The film won the " Best Film " award from the National Society of Film Critics ( USA ) in 2001 ( where Yang also won 2nd place for a Best Director award ) , the " Best Foreign Film " award from the 2000 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards , the " Best Foreign Film " award from the 2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards , the Panorama Jury Prize from the 2000 Sarajevo Film Festival , the Chief Dan George Humanitarian Award ( for Yang ) at the 2000 Vancouver International Film Festival , a " Best Film - China/Taiwan " award and " Best Director " award from the 2002 Chinese Film Media Awards , a " Best Film " award at the 2001 Chinese Film Media Awards , a " Best Foreign Film " critics award from the 2001 French Syndicate of Cinema Critics , the Grand Prix award from the 2001 Fribourg International Film Festival , and the Netpac Award from the 2000 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( " For the perceptive and sensitive portrayal of a generation and cultural gap in Taiwan and the painful choices to be made in these difficult times . " )
Fribourg International Film Festival
Fribourg International Film Festival
Edward Yang