The Wedding Banquet
Wai Tung Gao is a gay Taiwanese immigrant in his late 20s living happily with his partner Simon in Manhattan. However, Wai Tung's parents are eager to see him get married and have a child, so they enlist the help of…
In the bustling heart of Manhattan, Wai Tung Gao lives a contented life with his American partner, Simon. But across the ocean, his traditional Taiwanese parents are fixated on one thing: seeing their son married and producing an heir. When their matchmaking efforts escalate, Simon hatches a clever plan: a marriage of convenience with Wei Wei, Wai Tung’s tenant and an artist in need of a green card. What begins as a simple ruse soon spirals into a riotous, heart-wrenching collision of cultures, generations, and hidden truths. Directed with masterful warmth by Ang Lee, *The Wedding Banquet* balances laugh-out-loud comedy with tender drama as a fake wedding brings a family together—and forces everyone to confront what love really means. This groundbreaking classic doesn’t shy away from the messiness of identity, duty, and desire, delivering a story that feels as vital today as it did in 1993.