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

Gua Ah-leh's headshot

Gua Ah-leh

Mrs. Gao
Lung Sihung's headshot

Lung Sihung

Mr. Gao
May Chin's headshot

May Chin

Wei-Wei
Winston Chao's headshot

Winston Chao

Wai-Tung Gao
Mitchell Lichtenstein's headshot

Mitchell Lichtenstein

Simon
Neal Huff's headshot

Neal Huff

Steve
Michael Gaston's headshot

Michael Gaston

Justice of the Peace
Mason Lee's headshot

Mason Lee

Baby

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