The Wedding Banquet
A little deception at the reception.
ComedyDramaRomancecoming outnew york citysecret lovehusband wife relationshipparent child relationshipwedding nightmarriage of convenienceinterracial relationshipmale homosexualityman pretending to be straightweddingfamily
A warm, comedic exploration of identity, family, and love that uses the chaos of a marriage of convenience to navigate the tensions between personal authenticity and familial obligation.
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.
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