Director Andrew Ahn’s newest film The Wedding Banquet is a comedy of errors surrounding family expectations, queerness and culture. Ahn, who directed 2022’s Fire Island, co-wrote the screenplay which remakes Ang Lee’s classic queer 1993 film of the same name. The film stars Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Bobo Le, Camille Atebe with Joan Chen, and Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-jung.
From publicity:
Angela and her partner Lee have been unlucky with their IVF treatments, but can’t afford to pay for another round. Meanwhile their friend Min, the closeted scion of a multinational corporate empire, has plenty of family money but a soon-to-expire student visa. When his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris rejects his proposal, Min makes the offer to Angela instead: a green card marriage in exchange for funding Lee’s IVF. But their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min’s skeptical grandmother flies in from Korea unannounced, insisting on an all-out wedding extravaganza.
The film is set for release in theaters on April 18.
Watch the trailer below: