THE WEDDING BANQUET is a 1993 romantic comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Ang Lee. The story concerns a gay Taiwanese immigrant man who marries a mainland Chinese woman to placate his parents and get her a green card. However, his plan backfires when his parents arrive in the United States to plan his wedding banquet and he has to hide the truth of his gay partner.

Together with PUSHING HANDS (1991) and EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (1994), THE WEDDING BANQUET forms what has been called Lee’s “Father knows best” trilogy. Lee’s second feature film and his first to get a theatrical release in North America, THE WEDDING BANQUET premiered at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear.

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本片是李安导演的第二部长片，并荣获当年柏林电影节金熊奖。影片以华人家庭伦理的视
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Awards and Honors
1993 Berlin International Film Festival – Golden Bear for Best Film
柏林影展最佳影片金熊獎

1994 Academy Awards – Best Foreign Language Film Nomination
奧斯卡金像獎最佳外語片提名

1993 Golden Horse Awards – Best Feature Film, Director, Supporting Actor & Actress, Original
Screenplay, Audience Choice Award
金馬獎最佳劇情片、導演、男配角、女配角、原著劇本、觀眾票選最佳影片

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THE WEDDING BANQUET “Xi yan” (Ang Lee, 1993 / 106 mins / PG / In Mandarin and English w/EST) Wai-Tung and his boyfriend live happily as a gay couple in New York City. Wai-Tung has not been open about his sexuality with his Taiwanese parents, and decides to acquiesce to their wish for a traditional Chinese union by marrying Wei-Wei, a struggling artist desperate for a green card. But the simple arrangement turns into a lavish debacle when Wai-Tung’s parents plan an extravagant wedding banquet.

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