Cast : Ah-Lei Gua, Shihung Lung, May Chin, Winston Chao, Mitchell Lichtenstein
Taiwan, United States / 108’ / Color / status : completed / Mandarin, English / long feature-film / International collections
A gay man makes a deal with his lesbian friend: a green-card marriage for him, in exchange for in vitro fertilization treatments for her. Plans evolve as Min’s grandmother surprises them with a Korean wedding banquet.
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Press
«Sharply observed and never once striking a false note, this sweet-and-sour rib-tickler is a real treat.»
Radio Times
«What makes the film work is the underlying validity of the story, the way the filmmakers don't simply go for melodrama and laughs, but pay these characters their due. At the end of the film, I was a little surprised how much I cared for them.»
Roger Ebert