The Wedding Banquet ( Xi yan ) ( Si yan )

The Wedding Banquet (DVD) (*)

$31.99

Original Title: Xi yan
Alternate Title: Si yan
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Chinese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1993 and produced in:
Taiwan ( India, Eastern Asia )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ang Lee

Written By:
Ang Lee
Neil Peng

Actors:
Dion Birney ..... Andrew
Jeanne Kuo Chang ..... Wai-Tung's Secretary
Winston Chao ..... Wai-Tung Gao
Paul Chen ..... Guest
May Chin ..... Wei-Wei
Chung-Wei Chou ..... Chef
Yun Chung ..... Guest
Ho-Mean Fu ..... Guest
Michael Gaston ..... Justice of the Peace
Ya-lei Kuei ..... Mrs. Gao
Jeffrey Howard ..... Street Musician
Theresa Hou ..... Female Cashier
Yung-Teh Hsu ..... Bob Law, Wai-Tung's Old Friend
Jean Hu ..... Guest
Albert Huang ..... Guest

Synopsis:

A gay Taiwanese-American man is in a happy long term relationship in Manhattan, but his parents in Taiwan are always pressuring him to marry. His tenant, a young Chinese girl needs to marry an American citizen to obtain her green card, so a deal is made. Complications arise when the joyous parents arrive for the wedding and a huge cross-cultural banquet is arranged to celebrate.

Taiwanese born Wai-Tung lives in New York with his white lover Simon. When his parents keep insisting that he marries, Simon comes up with the ideal solution. Their poor neighbour Wei Wei will marry Wai-Tung in order to acquire a Green Card. Things are going according to plan until Wai-Tung's parents show up to give him an extravagant wedding.

Simon and Wei-Tung are a gay couple living together in Manhattan. To defer the suspicions of Wei-Tung's parents, Simon suggests a marriage of convenience between Wei-Tung and Wei-Wei, an immigrant in need of a green card. When Wei-Tung's parents come to America for the wedding, they insist upon an elaborate banquet, resulting in several complications.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 07 January, 2010.

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