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The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet

A little deception at the reception.

19937.21h 48m

Overview

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.

Directed by Ang Lee
Written by Ang Lee, James Schamus, Neil Peng
Produced by Ted Hope, James Schamus, Ang Lee
Box OfficeBudget: $875KRevenue: $23.6M

Top Cast

Winston Chao

Winston Chao

Gao Wai-Tung

Gua Ah-leh

Gua Ah-leh

Mrs. Gao

Lung Sihung

Lung Sihung

Mr. Gao

May Chin

May Chin

Gu Wei-Wei

Mitchell Lichtenstein

Mitchell Lichtenstein

Simon

V

Vanessa Yang

Mao Mei

D

Dion Birney

Andrew

Jeanne Kuo Chang

Jeanne Kuo Chang

Wai-Tung's Secretary

Michael Gaston

Michael Gaston

Justice of the Peace

Neal Huff

Neal Huff

Steve

Themes & Keywords

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

About The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 1993 exploring themes of coming out, new york city, secret love, husband wife relationship, parent child relationship, wedding night. Directed by Ang Lee, it stars Winston Chao, Gua Ah-leh, Lung Sihung. 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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