The Wedding Banquet (1993)

03/01/1993 (TW) • 1h 48m

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A little deception at the reception.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast


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Part of the Father Knows Best Collection

Includes Pushing Hands, The Wedding Banquet, Eat Drink Man Woman

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$875,000.00

Revenue

$23,633,459.00

Keywords

coming out

new york city

secret love

husband wife relationship

parent child relationship

wedding night

marriage of convenience

interracial relationship

male homosexuality

man pretending to be straight

wedding

family

lgbt

chinese restaurant

secret relationship

gay theme

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