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If you are planning to watch Ang
Lee’s Eat Drink Man Woman, make it
perfectly sure that you have a full stomach. The sumptuous presentations and
often display of foods in the film quiet have a mouth-watering effect to anyone
who watches it. This 1994 Taiwanese film presented an amiable family consisting
of a father and her three grown-up daughters. With Ang Lee’s exceptional
direction, the movie successfully showcased a simple yet very strong topic
concerning the culture and family tradition and the necessary adjustments that each of them has to make.
The main character Mr. Chu is a
widower master Chinese Chef who has three unmarried daughters. Each of whom has
different characters and beliefs – the eldest Chu Jia-Jen, a school teacher who
is coming close to being an old maid, the second Chu Jia-Chien, an airline
executive who’s the liberated and independent one, and the youngest Chu
Jia-Ning who is still in college. The three daughters have been living in the
same house with their father until the second one decided to move out.
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Sihung Lung as Mr.Chu in Eat Drink Man Woman
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Ang Lee’s presented here the
common situation that happen around wherein the grown-ups are already worrying
about their aging parents. In this movie, the three daughters have been
discussing on who will be left to take care of their father and they even came
up with the idea of setting Mr.Chu to someone of his own age.
The story was brilliantly written
– with the traditional ways being challenged, still the
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| photo clip from the movie Eat Drink Man Woman |
importance of the
family is perfectly highlighted. Mr.Chu and his three daughters are always
having a Sunday dinner, wherein Mr.Chu is always preparing a real big feast.
Here, they not only eat but also share one’s another updates. The Sunday dinner
also becomes the main venue wherein big plans and decisions are discussed. Along
the movie, you will find each daughter following the paths they have decided
for their life and it always start up from a Sunday dinner conversation with
their father. Sunday dinners will give you not only the pleasant sight of the
food that are served on the family’s table but also feed you with tasty revelations
coming from the daughters and from the father himself.
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photo clip from movie
Eat Drink Man Woman |
Eat Drink Man Woman has in store
lots of surprises that will surely bring out the laughter and tears in you. Just
as the delicious cuisines satisfied your eyes (if not your tummy); Ang Lee has
made it sure that your impressions toward the movie will be greatly pleased as
well. With all its smooth flow and sequencing, very appealing music, and ideal
casting, I am confident to say that this movie will make you feel good and
inspired at the end.
Just to share my side of story, I
happened to watch this movie in the early morning of father’s day. After
watching it, I realized that it perfectly fit for the occasion that day and I
went right away to our kitchen to prepare food for my father that I myself had
made. I suggest you watch it with your dad and with the whole family as well –
this movie has really something on it that will not only stir your hunger but
your appetite for a well-lived life as well.
For this delectable movie, I’ll
give it eight shots of espresso!
MOVIE DETAILS:
Producer: Hsu Li Kong, Hsu Kong
Writer: Ang Lee, James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang
Casts: Sihung Lung[N 1, Yu-wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu, Kuei-mei Yang
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