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#57 Andrew Ahn | Remaking A Classic Rom Com With The Wedding Banquet
Andrew Ahn has reimagined one of my favourite rom coms growing up, The Wedding Banquet which was brought to us by legendary filmmaker Ang Lee in 1993. It's a story about a Taiwanese man in New York who stages a marriage to please his traditional parents, only to have them show up for a full-blown wedding celebration. What unfolds is a story that’s both hilarious and heartbreaking, a sharp look at identity, cultural expectations, and the messy beauty of family.
Andrew’s version brings the story into the now with a stellar cast including Bowen Yang, Han Gi-Chan, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Joan Chen, and Youn Yuh-jung, digging even deeper into themes of chosen family, queerness, and what it means to truly live authentically.
Without further ado, let’s hang out!