Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Yin shi nan nu (Eat Drink Man Woman)
Year
1994
Running time
123 min.
Country
Taiwan
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
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Genre
Drama. Comedy | Family Relationships. Cooking
Synopsis
Every Sunday, venerable chef Chu (Sihung Lung) prepares an elaborate dinner for his three lovely daughters. Despite Chu's exotic dishes, the family barely nibbles at the food. The listless mealtime ritual mirrors the foursome's general lack of appetite for life: Chu has lost his sense of taste, and his daughters just want to go on with their separate, lonely lives. But something new is cooking that is about to spice up everyone's existence, and three marriages and a funeral later, the Chu family will learn to embrace life's unpredictabilty.
The third and final film in director Ang Lee's Father Knows Best trilogy, EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN is laugh-out-loud funny in its depiction of the foibles of the contemporary Taiwanese family. Whenever one of the characters utters "I have an announcement," be prepared for ensuing hilarity. The film also movingly captures the complexities of modern life, the inevitability of change, and the necessity for Zen-like balance. Lee himself seems to have absorbed the film's central message. After this film, he began to take on a variety of projects, boldly covering vastly different subjects such as 18th-century England, the New Age 1970s, and the Civil War.
Awards
1994: Nominated for Oscar: Best Foreign Language Picture
1994: Nominated for Golden Globe: Best Foreign Language Picture
1994: Nominated for BAFTA: Best Foreign Language Picture
1994: National Board of Review: Best Foreign Language Picture
1994: Independent Spirit Awards: 6 Nominations including Best Film
Critics' reviews
- "Lee's direction is utterly masterful: delicate, lively, rambunctious and spontaneous all at once. The performances are similarly splendid"
- "Its interpersonal dynamics are constructed with care to equal chef Lung's elaborate concoctions."
- "This charmingly modest and entertaining film feels warmly human, and its virtues will remain in your memory days after you've seen it"
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