The Wedding Banquet (1993)

  • R
  • 08/04/1993 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • 1h 48m

A little deception at the reception.

Overview

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.

Ang Lee

Director, Screenplay

Neil Peng

Screenplay

James Schamus

Screenplay

Cast

Winston Chao's headshot

Winston Chao

Gao Wai-Tung
Gua Ah-leh's headshot

Gua Ah-leh

Mrs. Gao
Lung Sihung's headshot

Lung Sihung

Mr. Gao
May Chin's headshot

May Chin

Gu Wei-Wei
Mitchell Lichtenstein's headshot

Mitchell Lichtenstein

Simon
Vanessa Yang's headshot

Vanessa Yang

Mao Mei
Dion Birney's headshot

Dion Birney

Andrew
Jeanne Kuo Chang's headshot

Jeanne Kuo Chang

Wai-Tung's Secretary

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