Rent A One and a Two (2000)
3.8 of 5 from 199 ratings
2h 53min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
Edward Yang's multi-award-winning film looks at several turbulent weeks in the life of the Jian family. Husband and father NJ (Nien-Jen Wu) is a partner in a failing software company, which might just save itself by teaming up with an innovative Japanese games designer. Meanwhile his wife Min-Min (Elaine Jin) has gone off to a mountain retreat with a dubious guru, his teenage daughter Ting Ting (Kelly Lee) is getting her first, rough lessons in love, his young son Yang-Yang (Jonathan Chang) is asking difficult questions and getting into trouble at school - and his mother-in-law has suffered a stroke and lies in a coma. In the middle of all the confusion NJ runs into his childhood sweetheart Sherry, the girl he jilted twenty years earlier, and starts to wonder about starting over. - Actors:
- Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issei Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang, Hsi-Sheng Chen, Su-Yun Ko, Chuan-cheng Tao, Shu-shen Hsiao, Meng-chin 'Adriene' Lin, Pang Chang Yu, Ru-Yun Tang, Shu-Yuan Hsu, Hsin-Yi Tseng, Yung-Feng Lee, Shi-hui Chin, Jie Wu, Kuo-Chih Shu, Leon Dai, Mei-Yun Yu
- Directors:
- Edward Yang
- Producers:
- Shin'ya Kawai, Naoko Tsukeda
- Voiced By:
- Ray Fan
- Writers:
- Edward Yang
- Aka:
- Yi Yi
- Studio:
- ICA
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
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- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 05/03/2018
- Run Time:
- 173 minutes
- Languages:
- Mandarin DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary featuring writer-director Edward Yang and Asian-cinema critic Tony Rayns Interview with Rayns about Yang and the New Taiwan Cinema movement
- U.S. Theatrical Trailer
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 19/01/2026
- Run Time:
- 173 minutes
- Languages:
- Mandarin DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, Mandarin DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of A One and a Two
Urban Sadness - A One and a Two review by Steve
Long and very detailed domestic drama from Taiwan which enquires into an ordinary middle class family and how they respond to the trials of their normal lives; while arousing a deep sense of empathy for their fears and aspirations.
Director Edward Yang's approach is reminiscent of Yasujirô Ozu, with the static camera and the absence of closeups. And this classical style makes for a stark contrast with the very modern lives of the people of Taipei in a period of instability.
There is an economic recession. More significantly the traditional family cannot withstand the pressure of westernisation. While grandma is in a coma... the younger generations struggle to adapt, and become isolated and uncertain.
The director's disinterested camera exposes the interior space while their personal traumas slowly unravel; the sadness deepened by a beautiful piano score. Everything is understated and unhurried and quietly heartbreaking.
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
Engrossing but oh so long - A One and a Two review by AER
A ONE AND A TWO feels like six year's worth of soap opera squashed into 3 hours such is the level of incident. However, Edward Yang's most famous(?) film is engrossing and involving. The life of a large Taiwanese family and its orbiting friends plays out during a period of time when an elderly relative falls into a coma. From the youngest to the eldest we witness rebellion, infidelity, drunkenness, heartbreak, guilt and more. It's an impressive epic.
This was director Edward Yang's last film before he passed away in the mid 2000s. Set in Taipei, Taiwan.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.