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THE WEDDING BANQUET

Director: Ang Lee

Time: 111 min

Country: Taiwan/USA

Date: 1993

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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