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Yang-Yang is a 2009 Taiwanese film directed by Cheng Yu-Chieh. It is the director’s second feature film, and also the first film in Ang Lee and Khan Lee’s Tui Shou Ji Hua (Pushing Hands Project/推手計畫). The film stars Sandrine Pinna, Chang Ruei-Jia, and Huang Chien-Wei to tell the story of a Taiwanese-French biracial girl Yang-Yang, who struggles to balance the image of a nice girl expected of her in the society and her true self longing for love. Plot Yang-Yang, a Taiwanese-French biracial girl, has never seen his French biological father, nor can she speak French. Her high school life was disrupted when her mom decided to marry her track and field team coach for she has to adjust to living in a new family with her coach, and her teammate, Xiao-Ru, who is the coach’s daughter. The ambiguous relationship Yang-Yang has with Xiao Ru’s boyfriend has turned the two into rivals not only on the track but also in real life. Out of jealousy, Xiao-Ru plots against Yang-Yang to disqualify her for competition, which forces her to leave her home. She turned to show-biz with the help from Ming-Ren, who graduated from the same school and was now a talent manager. Yang Yang’s biracial appearance gave her an advantage in her career, but at the same time she was constantly forced to play the role of a French, which she has distasted since she was little. From an athlete to a movie star, challenges and frustrations in Yang-Yang’s life never stop causing her pains. Could she always present herself as a sunny girl as her Chinese name implies? The eternal question of “Who am I?” to her is both a philosophical question and a literal one as a biracial and a female in Taiwan’s conservative society. Cast Production Yang-Yang (2009) is the second feature film of Cheng Yu-Chieh after Do Over (1995). The film was subsidized by the Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development (BAMID) for NT$ 8 million, nominated for the Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) by Busan International Film Festival, and also had the director, Ang Lee, as its consultant. The film is also the first feature film in Ang Lee and Khan Lee’s Tui Shou Ji Hua (Pushing Hands Project/推手計畫).

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Yang Yang: Chinese actor · Chinese baseball player · Chinese operatic tenor and music professor · Material science educator

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Yang-Yang is a 2009 Taiwanese film directed by Cheng Yu-Chieh. It is the director’s second feature film, and also the first film in Ang Lee and Khan Lee’s Tui Shou Ji Hua (Pushing Hands Project/推手計畫). The film stars Sandrine Pinna, Chang Ruei-Jia, and Huang Chien-Wei to tell the story of a Taiwanese-French biracial girl Yang-Yang, who struggles to balance the image of a nice girl expected of her in the society and her true self longing for love. Plot Yang-Yang, a Taiwanese-French biracial girl, has never seen his French biological father, nor can she speak French. Her high school life was disrupted when her mom decided to marry her track and field team coach for she has to adjust to living in a new family with her coach, and her teammate, Xiao-Ru, who is the coach’s daughter. The ambiguous relationship Yang-Yang has with Xiao Ru’s boyfriend has turned the two into rivals not only on the track but also in real life. Out of jealousy, Xiao-Ru plots against Yang-Yang to disqualify her for competition, which forces her to leave her home. She turned to show-biz with the help from Ming-Ren, who graduated from the same school and was now a talent manager. Yang Yang’s biracial appearance gave her an advantage in her career, but at the same time she was constantly forced to play the role of a French, which she has distasted since she was little. From an athlete to a movie star, challenges and frustrations in Yang-Yang’s life never stop causing her pains. Could she always present herself as a sunny girl as her Chinese name implies? The eternal question of “Who am I?” to her is both a philosophical question and a literal one as a biracial and a female in Taiwan’s conservative society. Cast Production Yang-Yang (2009) is the second feature film of Cheng Yu-Chieh after Do Over (1995). The film was subsidized by the Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development (BAMID) for NT$ 8 million, nominated for the Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP) by Busan International Film Festival, and also had the director, Ang Lee, as its consultant. The film is also the first feature film in Ang Lee and Khan Lee’s Tui Shou Ji Hua (Pushing Hands Project/推手計畫).

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