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Simon and Wei-Tung are a gay couple living together in Manhattan. To defer the suspicions of Wei-Tung's parents, Simon suggests a marriage of convenience between Wei-Tung and Wei-Wei, an immigrant in need of a green card. When Wei-Tung's parents come to America for the wedding, they insist upon an elaborate banquet, resulting in several complications.
The take. Even with a plot that wholeheartedly embraces the tropes of a fake marriage and of found families, The Wedding Banquet never falls into the trap of histrionic melodrama. There's a calmness to this film that's made all the more poignant by how none of these characters are truly right or wrong, good or bad.
The Wedding Banquet. The Wedding Banquet [3] is a 1993 romantic comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Ang Lee. The story concerns a bisexual Taiwanese immigrant man (played by Winston Chao, in his film debut) who marries a mainland Chinese woman ( May Chin) to placate his parents ( Gua Ah-leh and Lung Sihung) and get her a green card.
Brief Synopsis. Gao Wai, a gay New Yorker, has never shared the truth about his sexuality with his traditional Taiwanese family, and hopes to disguise his long-term relationship with his lover Simon by marrying Wei-Wei, a young artist who's only it for the green card. But Gao's parents refuse to let him off the hoo.
The Wedding Banquet. 1993. 1 hr 48 mins. Drama, Comedy. R. Watchlist. A gay couple stage a phony marriage ceremony to please one partner's tradition-minded parents. Streaming. Airings.
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Synopsis. A little deception at the reception. 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.
