The Wedding Banquet
Call Number: Digital Video
Alternate Title: Xi yan 喜宴
Year: 1993
Director: Ang Lee
Duration: 106 mins
Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin
Subtitle Language(s): English
Wai-Tung (Winston Chao) and his boyfriend (Mitchell Lichtenstein) live happily as a gay couple in New York City. Wai-Tung has not been open about his sexuality with his Taiwanese parents (Sihung Lung, Ah-Leh Gua), and decides to acquiesce to their wish for a traditional Chinese union by marrying Wei-Wei (May Chin), 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.