Love, Lies, and Cultural Chaos: Ang Lee's Queer Classic Returns!
Honey, get ready for the most deliciously awkward wedding celebration you've ever attended! Ang Lee's groundbreaking queer classic is back on the big screen in a stunning digital restoration, and it's serving family drama realness with a side of green card shenanigans.
Meet Wai-Tung, your typical successful Taiwanese-American gay man living his best life in New York with his dreamy partner Simon. Everything's perfect except for one tiny detail - his traditional parents back in Taiwan are still waiting for him to marry a nice girl. What's a good son to do? Stage a fake wedding with a woman who needs a green card, of course! But honey, we all know what they say about best-laid plans...
Before Ang Lee was making cowboys fall in love on Brokeback Mountain, he gave us this tender, witty, and groundbreaking exploration of queer life in the diaspora. This Golden Bear winner at the 1993 Berlin International Film Festival perfectly captures the delicate dance between cultural expectations and personal truth, all while keeping you entertained with its charming comedy of errors.
Runtime: 109 minutes
Language: Mandarin and English with English subtitles
Rating: M (Contains low level coarse language)