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Yang-Yang is a 2009 Taiwanese drama 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. 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.

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).

The film took two and a half years for its production due to its lack of sufficient budget. Even with the NT$ 8 million subsidy from BAMID and other fundings, it was still difficult for the film to find investment due to the 2008 financial crisis. The film was eventually made with the producer Khan Lee throwing in his own money to make up for the shortage.

The script had been rewritten almost entirely by Cheng Yu-chieh, who would like the film to be as realistic as possible. He removed all the scenes he considered too dramatic. He had also mentioned that Yang-Yang was a film about characters rather than plot, and that it was against the usual 3-act structure.

The shooting of Yang-Yang is the second collaboration between director Cheng Yu-chieh and actress Chang Jung-Jung’s after Cheng’s first feature film, Do Over. Since the character Yang-Yang and actress Chang Jung-Jung are both Taiwanese-French mixed race, the film is assumed by many to be based on Chang’s personal story; however, the director emphasizes that the only similarity the two have is their ethnicity.

In order to break free from her stereotypical role as the sweet girl next door Chang Jung-Jung received physical training for the film in order to portray the athletic character. Chang Jung-Jung won Best Actress in the 11th Taipei Film Festival for her leading role in Yang-Yang.

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