Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Directed by Ang Lee
Genres - Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Domestic Comedy, Urban Comedy |
Release Date - Aug 3, 1994 (USA) |
Run Time - 125 min. |
Countries - Taiwan, United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Michael Betzold
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.
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Keywords
cooking, daughter, family, father, food, love, meals, parent/child-relationship, chef, generation-gap, independence, man-eater
Attributes
High Artistic Quality, High Production Values
