The Wedding Banquet
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Genres
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Plot Summary
"A little deception at the reception."
English
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.
中文
伟同（赵文瑄）是事业有成的男同志，与男友赛门（Mitchell Lichtenstein）在美国过着幸福的同居日子，烦恼来自要用各种招数应对远在台北的父（郎雄）母（归亚蕾）的一次次逼婚。伟同被逼以“乖乖仔”形象修书一封声称会在美国结婚，没料父母想亲眼见证。无奈，他只得拉上来自上海的不得志的女艺术家葳葳（金素梅）“假婚”，想逃过一劫。 父母对葳葳相当满意，却对伟同的草率态度不满，为让父母满意尽快返回台北，伟同犹如“拼命三郎”使出了浑身解数。但人算不如天算，不断的波折使得父母的返台日期一次次推迟，令他和赛门的感情亮起“红灯”，而葳葳又意外怀上了他的孩子。似乎，伟同在强大的父母（传统）面前，只能选择去做一个 “表面正常”的男人。
Directors
Ang Lee
Cast
Gua Ah-leh
Lung Sihung
May Chin
Winston Chao
Mitchell Lichtenstein
Neal Huff
Michael Gaston
Mason Lee
Dion Birney
John Nathan
Technical Specifications
Original Language: ZH
Release Date: 1993-03-01
