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THE WEDDING
BANQUET |
Director: Ang Lee
Time: 111 min
Country: Taiwan/USA
Date: 1993
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La Cage aux Folles ,
Asian-American style! This wholesome gay comedy is witty and perceptive finds a
transplanted Taiwanese gay man, now living in New York as a real estate
entrepreneur, livingin bliss with his American boyfriend, Simon. Exasperated at
his traditional parents’ persistent enquiries into his marital prospects, he
announces a marriage-of-convenience with a whacky artist from Shanghai who is
desperate for a green card. His ruse to please and deceive them backfires when
they announce that they are coming to New York to meet the bride! Frantically
the two lovers "straighten up" their apartment, posing as a
landlord/tenant and bringining the faux fiancée. The plan seems to be
working fine until the parents spearhead an elaborate wedding banquet that
involves a night of gaudy excesses and some unwanted surprises. The delightful
characters are the real attraction in this sexual and cultural comedy.
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