Eat Drink Man Woman
1994 · Movie · NR · 123 min · ★ 7.6 · 84% critics
Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern-day Taipei with his three adult daughters, who are all single. As each daughter begins a new relationship, family routines shift beyond their Sunday dinners, breaking stereotypes and changing how they live together.
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Details
- Original title
- 飲食男女
- Years
- 1994
- Release date
- 1994-08-03
- Language
- Chinese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (404 votes)
- Box office
- $24,200,000
About
If you want a warm, family-centered drama where relationships shift around elaborate Chinese meals, this is for you; Not for you if you dislike slow pacing or soap-opera-style love drama, and you may prefer similar food-and-life films like Pushing Hands or The Wedding Banquet instead.
Pros: mouthwatering Sunday dinners; heartfelt family dynamics; engaging relationship shifts | Cons: slow, plodding pace; soap-opera feel at times
Themes
- daughter
- cooking
- sense of life
- aging
- taiwan
- teacher
- food
- taiwanese
- dating
- family
- chef
- widower
- +7 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 1995 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 1995 · nominated
Cast & crew
Lung Sihung
as Mr. Chu
Yang Kuei-mei
as Jia-Jen
Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien
as Jia-Chien
Wang Yu-wen
as Jia-Ning
Sylvia Chang
as Jin-Rong
Winston Chao
as Li Kai
Chen Chao-jung
as Guo Lun
Lester Chan Chit-Man
as Raymond
Chen Yu
as Rachel
Gua Ah-leh
as Madame Liang
Directed by Ang Lee