""What's so beautiful about Ang Lee's 'The Wedding Banquet' is that incredible mixture of screwball comedy and heartfelt trauma. I needed to do that, in my own way.""
""Chris is merely interested in maintaining his 'exquisitely ambivalent relationship to the best thing that has happened to [him].'""
In Andrew Ahn's 'The Wedding Banquet,' a reimagining of Ang Lee's classic film, humor and emotional depth intertwine as Chris, a hesitant partner, navigates love and commitment. His relationship with Min, who needs a green card, is complicated further by family expectations and personal fear of commitment. The narrative also explores the challenges faced by a lesbian couple undergoing IVF, highlighting the complexities of contemporary relationships. Ahn emphasizes eliciting emotions from real-life dilemmas, maintaining the balance of comedy and trauma in the storytelling.
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