The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

1993 · 109 min · ZH · R · 7.1 (206 votes)
Dir. Ang Lee · Starring Winston Chao, Gua Ah-leh, Lung Sihung, May Chin, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Vanessa Yang · Music Mader

A little deception at the reception.

ComedyDramaRomance

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

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A delightful, laugh-out-loud comedy of errors. It's a warm, chaotic, and ultimately touching exploration of family expectations and finding your own way to happiness, even when it gets messy.

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coming outnew york citysecret lovehusband wife relationshipparent child relationshipwedding nightmarriage of conveniencetaiwaninterracial relationshipmale homosexualityman pretending to be straightweddingfamilychinese restaurantsecret relationshipgay theme
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