Synopsis
The Wedding Banquet (1993) is a comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Ang Lee. The film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film — a breakthrough that launched Lee's international career.
Wai has lived in New York with his American boyfriend Simon for five years. His parents back in Taiwan have no idea — but they keep sending matchmaking profiles. The fix seems simple: a paper marriage to Wei-Wei, who needs a green card, should satisfy everyone. Then his parents fly in for the wedding. The tidy arrangement starts to fracture with every toast, every dish, every well-meaning question at the table.
Lee tells the story without caricature or sermon. The characters lie out of love, not cowardice, and that distinction is what gives the film its quiet, precise ending. Stream The Wedding Banquet (1993) online on iFILM.
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