Eat Drink Man Woman
Eat Drink Man Woman is a 1994 Taiwanese-American comedy-drama film directed by Ang Lee, from a script co-written with James Schamus and Hui-Ling Wang. It stars Sihung Lung, Wang Yu-wen, Wu Chien-lien, and Yang Kuei-mei. as members of the Zhu family navigate the challenges of love, life, tradition and family. Part of Lee's "Father Knows Best" trilogy and similar to Lee's other works, this film deals with the transition from tradition to modernity. It is Lee's only film, to date, to be shot entirely in his native Taiwan.
Plot
On a Sunday evening in Taipei, semi-retired chef and widower Zhu prepares a feast for his three daughters. Jia-Jen, the eldest, is a chemistry teacher who devotes herself to Christianity after facing heartbreak from her college ex-boyfriend. The second daughter, Jia-Chien, is an executive at an airline company. She wanted to become a head chef like her father but he claimed that it was not for a woman. Jia-Ning, the youngest, is a college student who works part-time at a Wendy's fast food restaurant.
More details
author | Ang Lee James Schamus Wang Hui-ling |
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director | Ang Lee |
editor | Tim Squyres |
genre | comedy-drama romance |
keywords | claim college student cook date discover drink eat even fall family friend family home fast food restaurant id love letters meet morning move out new apartment rush taipei three daughters true love unrequited love volleyball coach want wendy\'s |
musicBy | Thierry Schollhammer |
nomination | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film |
producer | Hsu Li-kong |
productionCompany | Good Machine |
publisher | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
theme | independent |