Film

16 & 18 June 2025

IFI@BrieryGap | The Wedding Banquet

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When

16 & 18 June 2025

Time

8pm start time | Doors open from 7.30pm 

Cert 15A

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend, Chris (Bowen Yang), and facing pressure to marry from his wealthy family (to whom he hasn’t yet come out), Min (Han Gi-chan), a queer Korean man living in the US, proposes a marriage of convenience to his friend Angela (Kelly Marie Tran), offering to fund her partner Lee’s (Lily Gladstone) IVF treatments in exchange for a green card. Their plan becomes even more complicated when Min’s grandmother (Youn Yuh-jung) makes a surprise visit from Seoul and insists on organising an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

Andrew Ahn’s reimagining of Ang Lee’s 1993 film retains James Schamus, co-writer and co-producer of the original, resulting in a contemporary work that stays true to the earlier film’s vision of compassion and inclusiveness. Notes by David O’Mahony.

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Han Gi-chan and Bowen Yang effortlessly serve up emotionally resonant performances, seamlessly balancing poignancy with lighter moments, while navigating the complexities of a modern queer relationship caught between cultural expectations and personal conflict.

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Laura Delaney | RTÉ

Credits

Director | Andrew Ahn

Starring | Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen, and Youn Yuh-jung

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