"Eat Drink Man Woman"
"Eat Drink Man Woman", is a Taiwanese drama directed by Ang Lee that was released in 1994. The movie mostly revolves around widowed father, Chu; and his three daughters, Jia-Chien, Jia-Jen, and Jia-Ning as they struggle to manage their family relationships and personal lives. Chu, the widowed father, is the head chef of one of the largest restaurants in Taiwan; and under no circumstances is anyone allowed to cook in his home except himself. The people closest to Chu constanly tell him that he is losing his tastebuds and that his cooking has been declining for years. Jia-Jen, the oldest daughter, is a school teacher that has recently converted to Christianity. She claims to have been nursing a broken heart from an ex-boyfriend for the past 9 years. Jia-Chien, the middle sibling, is a talented chef in her own right, but she turned out to be an successful executive for an airline corporation; having been ran out of her father's kitchen many years prior. Jia-Chien and her older sister share a somewhat strained relationship due to her feeling neglected after the passing away of their mother. The youngest daughter, Jia-Ning, is an employee for a fast food restaurant. She grows attracted to the emotionally tortured boyfriend of her cruel and fickle coworker.
Eventually, the Sunday dinners start to dwindle in attendance as each member of the family finds new love and/or moves out to pursue their interests. Jia-Ning revealed that she was pregnant by her cruel coworker's ex boyfriend and that she would be moving away with him. Jia-Jen finds love with a fellow teacher and decides to get married right away so that she doesn't break her newfound Christian values. Jia-Chien ends up falling for a man she later realized was Jia-Jen's claimed ex-boyfriend. She ends up finding out that Jia-Jen's story about having her heart broken by him was a lie; the two never dated, only knew of each other, and barely to the point that he didn't even remember who she was. The two end up going their separate ways and Jia-Chien receives an offer to work in Holland. At dinner, Chu makes a huge announcement that left everybody shocked, as they thought he would propose to Mrs. Liang, a woman who had been over taking care of him everyday. It turned out he decared his love for her daughter, Jin-Rong, who also loved him and were planning to move out on their own. The movie ends with Jia-Chien making dinner in a new apartment, which seems to imply that she took the job in Holland.
I really enjoyed this movie, it just seems like a warm and humble movie about family, love, and personal relationships; that also has some twists and turns along the way. "Eat Drink Man Woman" made me really hungry after watching it, I plan on tracking those dishes down and trying at least a few of them.
"Eat Drink Man Woman", is a Taiwanese drama directed by Ang Lee that was released in 1994. The movie mostly revolves around widowed father, Chu; and his three daughters, Jia-Chien, Jia-Jen, and Jia-Ning as they struggle to manage their family relationships and personal lives. Chu, the widowed father, is the head chef of one of the largest restaurants in Taiwan; and under no circumstances is anyone allowed to cook in his home except himself. The people closest to Chu constanly tell him that he is losing his tastebuds and that his cooking has been declining for years. Jia-Jen, the oldest daughter, is a school teacher that has recently converted to Christianity. She claims to have been nursing a broken heart from an ex-boyfriend for the past 9 years. Jia-Chien, the middle sibling, is a talented chef in her own right, but she turned out to be an successful executive for an airline corporation; having been ran out of her father's kitchen many years prior. Jia-Chien and her older sister share a somewhat strained relationship due to her feeling neglected after the passing away of their mother. The youngest daughter, Jia-Ning, is an employee for a fast food restaurant. She grows attracted to the emotionally tortured boyfriend of her cruel and fickle coworker.
Eventually, the Sunday dinners start to dwindle in attendance as each member of the family finds new love and/or moves out to pursue their interests. Jia-Ning revealed that she was pregnant by her cruel coworker's ex boyfriend and that she would be moving away with him. Jia-Jen finds love with a fellow teacher and decides to get married right away so that she doesn't break her newfound Christian values. Jia-Chien ends up falling for a man she later realized was Jia-Jen's claimed ex-boyfriend. She ends up finding out that Jia-Jen's story about having her heart broken by him was a lie; the two never dated, only knew of each other, and barely to the point that he didn't even remember who she was. The two end up going their separate ways and Jia-Chien receives an offer to work in Holland. At dinner, Chu makes a huge announcement that left everybody shocked, as they thought he would propose to Mrs. Liang, a woman who had been over taking care of him everyday. It turned out he decared his love for her daughter, Jin-Rong, who also loved him and were planning to move out on their own. The movie ends with Jia-Chien making dinner in a new apartment, which seems to imply that she took the job in Holland.
I really enjoyed this movie, it just seems like a warm and humble movie about family, love, and personal relationships; that also has some twists and turns along the way. "Eat Drink Man Woman" made me really hungry after watching it, I plan on tracking those dishes down and trying at least a few of them.
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