Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

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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. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

124 mins

Complete Cast:

Director(s):

Ang Lee

Writer(s):

Wang Hui-Ling, James Schamus, Ang Lee

Producer(s):

Hsu Li-kong, Lan Ta-Peng, Jiang Feng-Chyi

Theatrical MPAA Rating:

NR

Categories:

Foreign, Independent Films

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• 1994 - National Board of Review - Best Foreign Film