A remarkably assured comedy-drama of domestic life in Taiwan, Ang Lee's EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN explores how families use meals and other rituals to appease their hunger for love in stressful times.
Widower Mr. Chu (Sihung Lung), one of Taipei's leading chefs, laboriously prepares gourmet meals each night for his three unmarried daughters: Jia-Jen (Kuei-Mai Yang), a high school teacher and recent convert to Christianity, Jia-Chien (Chien-Lien Wu), an ambitious airline executive and a
talented chef in her own right, and Jia-Ning (Yu-Wen Wang), the youngest, a cheerful student who works part-time in a fast food restaurant. The harmony of this close-knit family is soo...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NR
Length:
120 mins