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Xi yan

a.k.a. The Wedding Banquet

1993 · 106 min · Directed by Ang Lee

Drama·Romance·Comedy

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.

6.1%

11:1

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Comments

Entertaining movie. Great experiencing a Chinese wedding in the US. Some fun rituals.

Ang Lee always at the crossroads of cultures, accurate and efficient when he stays simple.

Read more in French on La Saveur des goûts amers.

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