The Wedding Banquet

Xi yan Taïwan-USA 1993 | Ang Lee | vostEN | 107’ | 35mm | Cast : Winston Chao, May Chin, Mitchell Lichtenstein, Sihung Lung, Grace Gua Ah-leh

►Goldener Bär, Berlinale 1993; Nominee Best Foreign Language Film (Taiwan), Oscars 1994

The American Simon and Taiwanese-American Wei-Tung are a same-sex couple living together in New York. To avoid any suspicion from Wei-Tung’s traditional parents (Sihung Lung, Grace Gua Ah-leh), Simon suggests a marriage of convenience between Wei-Tung and a female immigrant in need of a green card…

« What makes the film work is the underlying validity of the story, the way the filmmakers don’t simply go for melodrama and laughs, but pay these characters their due. At the end of the film, I was a little surprised how much I cared for them. » (Roger Ebert)

« Ang’s elegantly orchestrated farce is generous with hilarious moments. » (The Washington Post)