The Wedding Banquet

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Taiwanese-American film film romantic comedy-drama film

The Wedding Banquet is a 1993 Taiwanese-American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Ang Lee that explores cultural clashes, family expectations, and gay identity through the story of a sham marriage.

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Label Occurrences
The Wedding Banquet canonical 7
Ang Lee’s Father Knows Best trilogy 1
喜宴 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Taiwanese-American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
romantic comedy-drama film ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Bear (runner-up, Berlin International Film Festival) ⓘ
castMember Ah-Lei Gua ⓘ
May Chin ⓘ
Mitchell Lichtenstein ⓘ
Sihung Lung ⓘ
Winston Chao ⓘ
cinematographyBy Jong Lin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ang Lee ⓘ
distributedBy Samuel Goldwyn Company ⓘ
surface form: The Samuel Goldwyn Company
editedBy Tim Squyres ⓘ
followedBy Eat Drink Man Woman ⓘ
follows Pushing Hands ⓘ
genre LGBT-related film ⓘ
comedy-drama ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
hasChineseTitle The Wedding Banquet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 喜宴
mainCharacter Mr. Gao ⓘ
Mrs. Gao ⓘ
Simon ⓘ
Wai-Tung Gao ⓘ
Wei-Wei ⓘ
musicBy Mader ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film ⓘ
notableFor early depiction of gay Asian protagonist in mainstream cinema ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
Mandarin ⓘ
partOf Ang Lee’s Father Knows Best trilogy ⓘ
plotFocus cultural clashes ⓘ
family expectations ⓘ
gay identity ⓘ
sham marriage ⓘ
producer Ang Lee ⓘ
James Schamus ⓘ
Ted Hope ⓘ
productionCompany Good Machine ⓘ
releaseEvent premiered at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival ⓘ
releaseYear 1993 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 106 ⓘ
screenwriter Ang Lee ⓘ
James Schamus ⓘ
Neil Peng ⓘ
settingLocation New York City ⓘ
titleLanguage English ⓘ

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Ang Lee → notableWork → The Wedding Banquet ⓘ
Ang Lee → directed → The Wedding Banquet ⓘ
Tim Squyres → editedFilm → The Wedding Banquet ⓘ
Eat Drink Man Woman → partOf → The Wedding Banquet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ang Lee’s Father Knows Best trilogy
Eat Drink Man Woman → follows → The Wedding Banquet ⓘ
The Wedding Banquet → hasChineseTitle → The Wedding Banquet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 喜宴
Pushing Hands → followedBy → The Wedding Banquet ⓘ
Ted Hope → knownFor → The Wedding Banquet ⓘ
Good Machine → produced → The Wedding Banquet ⓘ