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| Content | | | | Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) | Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Sihung Lung
Senior Master Chef Chu lives in a large house in Taipei with his three unmarried daughters, Jia-Jen, a chemistry teacher converted to Christianity, Jia-Chien, an airline executive, and Jia-Ning, a student who also works in a fast food restaurant. Father Chu, a famous chef who has lost his taste buds, still cooks, though he draws no pleasure from eating. His daughters, meanwhile, deal with both the disappointments and surprises of daily living and the way their adult lives compare to the expectations the widowed father had for them. Life in the house revolves around the ritual of an elaborate dinner each Sunday, and the love lives of all the family members.
This is not a movie to see on an empty stomach, especially if one loves Chinese cooking. This touching, dryly funny story of a family coping with personal lives and the way those lives intersect with the family relationships captures a shift in generations in Taipei. Eat, drink, man, woman - basic human desires. "Can`t avoid them. Is that all there is to life?", sighs Mr. Chu. Well, it`s quite a lot.
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