Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Sandrine Pinna, Bryant Chang, Huang Chien Wei, Her Sy Huoy, Chu Lu Hao, Yu Tai Yan
Release year: 2009
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: English
SYNOPSIS:
University athlete Yang Yang (Sandrine Pinna) is born to a French father whom she never meets throughout her whole life and raised up by her Taiwanese mother (Yu Tai Yan). Although she is part French she cannot speak a word of French and only Chinese as she was brought up in Taiwan since young. She befriends Xiao Ru (Her Sy Huoy), who is the daughter of her coach (Chu Lu Hao).
The best of friends turn into step-sisters relationship when the coach marries her mother. At first the two have close bond but things start to change when Yang Yang starts an affair with Shawn (Bryant Chang), who is Xiao Ru’s boyfriend. Later Yang Yang dumps him and the heart-broken Xiao Ru seeks vengeance by ensuring she take steroids in one race competition and eventually her athletic career is over.
Feeling hurt and guilty Yang Yang leaves home and starts a new career as a model and actress under the guidance of Ming Ren (Huang Chien Wei), who is a photographer. She tries to woo Ming Ren but got rejected. As she has already lost in touch with her step-sister she feels even more unwanted and rejected in her daily lives due to the fact she is half-French and her father’s absence in her upbringing has greatly influenced her personality.
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" ...Yang Yang possesses a loaded storyline with a few developments that feel straight out of a television drama. However, the film never becomes the type of sudsy weepie that its plot developments might imply, with director Cheng eschewing glossy imagery for observational storytelling more in keeping with the film's indie roots. Cheng uses handheld camera and numerous long takes to give the film a real and also intimate feel. Dialogue is sparse and natural, with actions carrying more weight than words. There are occasional moments where the dialogue gets too self-aware, but it’s the performances and characters that carry the film. Advancement of plot is done through character interaction, and the ultimate revelations are largely internal ones. Over the course of the film, the audience discovers who Yang Yang is and how, even through her mistakes and missteps, she grows as a person. That growth is not prominently announced, but it is felt, if only ever-so-slightly.
Writer-director Cheng previously worked with Sandrine Pinna in the 2006 film Do Over, and wrote Yang Yang specifically for his half-French, half-Asian star. That intent is reflected in the script; Pinna’s Eurasian qualities are a part and parcel of her character, and the film takes care to show how her ethnicity makes her special and also alone. The meta-reference to the film's star is not merely superficial; Pinna is a solid and even gifted actress, and she imbues her role with a compelling personality, appearing flawed, vulnerable and even admirable. Many of Yang Yang’s positives can be found in how characters reveal themselves to the audience to be stronger or better than one might think, and it’s a credit to Cheng that he can make that minor journey so engaging. The actual themes presented are nothing special, but the characters manage to be surprising, becoming far more compelling than the storyline should allow. Ultimately, however, Yang Yang is all about Sandrine Pinna, and she easily earns her billing as one of Taiwan's brightest young talents. "
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