Xi yan (1993)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Ang Lee

Escritores:

Ang Lee (writer)
Neil Peng (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

4 agosto 1993 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

A little deception in the reception.

Plot:

To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.

Plot Keywords:

Gay | Marriage | Manhattan | Marriage Of Convenience | Wedding

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 12 wins & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Ang lee's The Wedding Banquet is a great addition to gay film

Reparto

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
Ah Lei Gua	...	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

También conocida como:

Si yan (Taiwan)
The Wedding Banquet (USA)
El banquete de boda (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

106 min

País:

Taiwan | USA

Idioma:

Mandarin | Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Iceland:L | Singapore:R(A) (cut) | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Peru:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:Btl | UK:15 | USA:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Central Motion Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

Ang based the first half of the movie on the true story of a friend, Neil Peng

Errores:

Continuidad: During the small family dinner to which Simon treats the newlyweds and Wei-Tung's parents, Simon can be seen to alternately hold chopsticks, a small bowl or nothing in his left hand, depending on the camera angle.

Citas:

Justice of the Peace: Okay, now you: "I, Wee-Wee...”
Wei-Wei: Wee-Wee.
Justice of the Peace: "... take you, Wai Tung...”
Wei-Wei: Wee-Wee.
Justice of the Peace: Okay. "To be my wedded husband... to have and to hold...”
Wei-Wei: Holding to have, husband, mine...
Justice of the Peace: "... for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer...”
Wei-Wei: Better and richer, no poorer.
Justice of the Peace: "... in sickness and in health, till death do us part."
Wei-Wei: Till sickness and death.
[...]

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Kicking and Screaming (1995)

Banda de Sonido:

Madame Butterfly

Ang lee's The Wedding Banquet is a great addition to gay film

The Wedding Banquet is a truly inspiring and cross-culturally challenging film. It touches on many issues/themes which have never been combined before in one movie: Taiwanese Americans vs. Chinese Americans, Asian American families, old school parents vs. younger generation(s), multi-racial couples, gay couples, gay Asian Americans, immigrants, pride, family values and love.

And… while I found the ending of this movie somewhat unrealistic (I'll let other viewers decide) I also found the film challenging and optimistic (which is where my realism takes over).

You should watch this movie if you are… Asian… gay… Asian AND gay… or simply want to learn something about another culture. You might be surprised!

Props to Ang Lee for creating a unique opportunity to look into two very distinct and different cultures at the same time: Asian American and gays in the early 90s.