The Wedding Banquet (1993) – Filming Locations
Comedy / Drama / Romance · Directed by Ang Lee · Starring Winston Chao, Gua Ah-leh
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
Where was The Wedding Banquet filmed?
- New York, United States, New York – Opening scenes establishing Wai-tung and Simon's life together in their Manhattan apartment and neighborhood. The film opens in New York's gay community neighborhood, establishing the domestic life of the main couple before the central conflict unfolds
- Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei – Wai-tung's family home and the titular wedding banquet sequence. Taiwan's capital city serves as the setting for the family reunion and the elaborate wedding banquet celebration that forms the film's dramatic centerpiece
- Taipei, Taiwan, Taipei – The elaborate wedding banquet dinner with extended family and guests. A traditional Taiwanese restaurant or banquet venue hosts the elaborate multi-course wedding celebration that drives the film's plot and cultural themes