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Plot

Director Ang Lee's follow-up to his surprise box-office hit The Wedding Banquet is another look at ethnic and sexual conflicts in a Chinese family, with meals as a centerpiece of the film. Master chef Chu (Sihung Lung) is a long-time widower who lovingly cooks large Sunday dinners for his three daughters, who view the meals as too traditional. Secretly, however, successful airline executive Jia-Chien (Chien-Lien Wu) loves traditional cooking and would like to be a chef like her father, if women were permitted to do so. Her older sister Jia-Jen (Kuei-Mei Yang) is unmarried and cynical about men, but she becomes attracted to a volleyball coach and eventually pursues him vigorously. The youngest daughter, Jia-Ning (Yu-Wen Wang), is a college student who becomes pregnant from her frequent sexual escapades. As the film progresses, the personal relationships between the daughters and their significant others change unexpectedly.
MPAA Rating:
Not Rated
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
123min.
Theatrical Release Date:
08/03/1994
DVD Release Date:
03/05/2002
Distributor(s):
Samuel Goldwyn Company
Director(s):
Ang Lee
Starring:
Sihung Lung , Yang Kuei-Mei , Wu Chien-lien , Wang Yu-Wen , Ah-Leh Gua
Themes:
Generation Gap,Fathers and Daughters,Cooks and Chefs
Tone:
Affectionate,Gentle,Light,Literate,Warm
Keywords:
chef,cooking,daughter,family,father,food,generation-gap,independence,love,man-eater,meals,parent/child-relationship
Language:
Mandarin