The Wedding Banquet
7.6
“A little deception at the reception.”
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.
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Cast
40 people
Gua Ah-leh
Mrs. Gao
Known for
Joy of Life
Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Lung Sihung
Mr. Gao
Known for
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Eat Drink Man Woman
May Chin
Gu Wei-Wei
Also in
The Magic Sword
Woman Soup
Winston Chao
Gao Wai-Tung
Known for
The Meg
Skiptrace
Mitchell Lichtenstein
Simon
Known for
The Lords of Discipline
Vanessa Yang
Mao Mei
Dion Birney
Andrew
No other roles listed
Jeanne Kuo Chang
Wai-Tung's Secretary
Known for
Pushing Hands
Michael Gaston
Justice of the Peace
Known for
The Leftovers
The Man in the High Castle
Neal Huff
Steve
Known for
Mare of Easttown
Split
Mason Lee
Baby
Known for
The Hangover Part II
Limbo
John Nathan
Joe
Also in
The Rock
Baskets
Ang Lee Director · James Schamus Writer Neil Peng Writer
Worldwide gross $24M · Budget $875K · United States release August 4, 1993
Box office
Budget
$875,000
Worldwide gross
$23,633,459
Gross vs. budget
27.0×
Production
Ang Lee Productions
Production
Good Machine
Production
Central Motion Picture Corporation
Production
The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Studio
Taiwan · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original title
囍宴
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English
Release dates
Taiwan · March 1, 1993
Theatrical
United States · August 4, 1993
Theatrical
Canada
September 15, 1993 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
November 19, 1993 · Theatrical
Czechia
October 28, 1993 · Theatrical
France
October 6, 1993 · Theatrical
Germany
October 7, 1993 · Theatrical
Greece
February 7, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Indonesia
September 22, 2002 · Premiere · Q! Film Festival
Japan
October 8, 2016 · Premiere · Yokohama Chinatown Film Festival
South Korea
December 24, 1993 · Theatrical
Spain
December 17, 1993 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 5, 1994 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 23, 1993 · Theatrical
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