Wedding Banquet (The)
- Director: Andrew Ahn
- Writer: Andrew Ahn, James Schamus
- Producer: Daniel Bekerman, Caroline Clark, Connor Flanagan, Julie Goldstein, Anita Gou, Jordan Hart, Luca Intili, Andrew Karpen, Miranda King, Joe Pirro, Shivani Rawat, Kent Sanderson, James Schamus, Matt Villeneuve
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Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend, Chris, and out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green card marriage with his friend Angela in exchange for expensive in vitro fertilization treatments for her partner, Lee. Plans change when Min’s grandmother surprises them with an elaborate Korean wedding banquet.
Andrew Ahn returns to Sundance (Spa Night, 2016 Sundance Film Festival) with an exuberant romantic comedy that pays tribute to the unexpected ways friendship and community form modern family. Ahn collaborates with James Schamus, co-writer of Ang Lee’s beloved 1993 classic The Wedding Banquet, to create a contemporary reimagining that playfully complicates the original film’s conflict and comedy, updating a romantic triangle into a codependent queer quad of young lovers.
Led by a cast of some of the most acclaimed and funny actors working today, the core four’s charming performances are complemented by the beautifully articulated work of Joan Chen and Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-jung (Minari) as the complex, formidable matriarchs of the bride and groom’s families.—Heidi Zwicker
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Cast & Characters
Lily Gladstone
Bowen Yang
Joan Chen
Kelly Marie Tran
Youn Yuh-jung
Lily Yawson (as Doctor)
Nick Preston (as Stanley)
Iris Paluly (as Banquet Manager)
Carolyn Yonge (as Nurse Practitioner)
Marlee Walchuk (as Marge)
Mia Golden (as Clerk)
Emma Yi
Andrew Woo (as Photographer)
Jeremy Hoffman (as Marshall)