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Food and drink is a feature film directed by Ang Lee, starring Lang Xiong, Wu Qianlian, Yang Guimei and Wang Yuwen. It was released in the United States on August 3, 1994.

The film tells the conflict of ideas and their respective emotional stories in the family life of Lao Zhu and his three daughters, whose wife has died for many years.

Synopsis

Lao Zhu is the only remaining chef of Chinese cuisine in Taiwan. Now he retires and lives in an old house with his three daughters. Every day, he spends a lot of time making rich dishes. Jiazhen, the eldest daughter, is an old maid teacher in a middle school. She is rigid and conservative, and believes in Christian doctrines and hymns. Jiaqian, the second daughter, has a gift for cooking since childhood. She is at odds with her father and refuses to go into her own kitchen. She works as a Manager in an airline company and has a lover. Jianing, the youngest daughter, is in school, just at the beginning of love. Although Lao Zhu makes a sumptuous feast every day, his three daughters still have their own concerns and don't buy from his father. Lao Zhu also gradually loses the most important ability of a chef. Jiazhen is getting older and older. She's afraid she won't be able to get married, so she likes the P.E. teachers at school. Jiaqian is independent and capable. She has to compete with men all the time. One moment, she decides to buy her own house and move out. Another moment, she is sent to Amsterdam by the company. However, on the one hand, she has no clear relationship with her lover, on the other hand, she has a relationship with Li Kai, the cadre of the company Ghost big, not only robbed his girlfriend's boyfriend, but also made his stomach big. In addition to fighting with his daughters, Lao Zhu helped the neighbor's little girl Shanshan make lunch boxes. Shanshan's grandmother, aunt Liang, came back from the United States. Although the daughters hate this nagging old woman, they still hope to find a wife for their father. Jianing and her boyfriend left, and they wanted to get married and have children soon; Jiazhen also got rid of the physical education teacher after a student's prank; only Jiaqian, whose lover wanted to marry someone else, and Li Kai became the best friend, lost his real estate in a mess, and gave up the promotion opportunity in Amsterdam in order to take care of her father. Seeing that his daughters were going to leave, Lao Zhu called a dinner party including Shanshan's family. At the banquet, Lao Zhu spits out his unhappiness and decides to sell the old house. He solemnly asks aunt Liang to marry his daughter Jinrong to him. Aunt Liang suddenly fainted, the whole family was in a mess, and the dinner ended in a hurry.

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Cast list

• • < DT > Lang Xiong as Lao Zhu < / dt > < ddtitle =" Zhu's father, the only master chef in Taiwan "> remarks Zhu's father, the only master chef in Taiwan < / Li > < li > < imgsrc =" https://bkimg.cdn.bcebos.com/pic/d1160924ab18972b95dba5c8e9cd7b899f510aca?x-bce-process=image/crop ,x_ 0,y_ 0,w_ 185,h_ 185/resize,m_ lfit,h_ 480,limit_ 1/quality,Q_ 70 "> < DT > Wu Qianlian as Zhu Jiaqian < / dt > < ddtitle =" Zhu's second son, airline executive "> remarks Zhu's second son, airline executive < / Li > < UL > < li > < imgsrc =" https://bkimg.cdn.bcebos.com/pic/b21bb051f81986185a734b8645ed2e738bd4e6f8?x-bce-process=image/crop ,x_ 0,y_ 2,w_ 225,h_ 225/resize,m_ lfit,h_ 480,limit_ 1/quality,Q_ 70 "> < DT > Yang Guimei as Zhu Jiazhen < / dt > < ddtitle =" Zhu's elder sister, middle school chemistry teacher "> remarks Zhu's elder sister, middle school chemistry teacher < / Li > < li > < imgsrc =" https://bkimg.cdn.bcebos.com/pic/c2fdfc039245d688f8f514a6abc27d1ed21b2438?x-bce-process=image/crop ,x_ 0,y_ 13,w_ 132,h_ 133/resize,m_ lfit,h_ 480,limit_ 1/quality,Q_ 70 "> < DT > Wang Yuwen as Zhu Jianing < / dt > < ddtitle =" Zhu Xiaomei "> remarks Zhu Xiaomei < / Li > < / UL > < UL > < li > < imgsrc =" https://bkimg.cdn.bcebos.com/pic/9a504fc2d562853501cf73239fef76c6a7ef6381?x-bce-process=image/crop ,x_ 6,y_ 0,w_ 293,h_ 293/resize,m_ lfit,w_ 480,limit_ 1/quality,Q_ 70 "> < DT > Zhang Aijia as Jinrong < / dt > < ddtitle =" Zhu family friend "> remarks Zhu family friend < / Li > < li > < imgsrc =" https://bkimg.cdn.bcebos.com/pic/1f178a82b9014a909754e7bfa6773912b31bee4e?x-bce-process=image/crop ,x_ 0,y_ 0,w_ 188,h_ 188/resize,m_ lfit,h_ 480,limit_ 1/quality,Q_ 70 "> < DT > Chen Zhaorong as Guolun < / dt > < ddtitle =" Zhu Jianing's boyfriend "> remarks Zhu Jianing's boyfriend < / Li > < / UL > < UL > < li > < imgsrc =" https://bkimg.cdn.bcebos.com/pic/2e2eb9389b504fc2373f1107eadde71190ef6d54?x-bce-process=image/crop ,x_ 0,y_ 0,w_ 225,h_ 225/resize,m_ lfit,h_ 480,limit_ 1/quality,Q_ 70 "> < DT > GUI Yalei as aunt Liang < / dt > < ddtitle =" Jinrong's mother "> remarks: Jinrong's mother < / Li > < li > < imgsrc =" https://bkimg.cdn.bcebos.com/pic/bd3eb13533fa828bab9f3ce1f21f4134970a5a77?x-bce-process=image/crop ,x_ 10,y_ 0,w_ 202,h_ 202/resize,m_ lfit,w_ 480,limit_ 1/quality,Q_ 70 "> < DT > Zhao Wenxuan as Li Kai < / dt > < ddtitle =" colleague Zhu Jiaqian "> remarks colleague Zhu Jiaqian < / Li > < / UL > < UL > < li > < imgsrc =" https://bkimg.cdn.bcebos.com/pic/bd315c6034a85edf7b86532146540923dd5475ae?x-bce-process=image/crop ,x_ 8,y_ 0,w_ 322,h_ 323/resize,m_ lfit,w_ 480,limit_ 1/quality,Q_ 70 "> < DT > Chen Jie's decoration Raymond < / dt > < ddtitle =" Zhu Jiaqian's lover "> remarks Zhu Jiaqian's lover < / Li > < li > < imgsrc ="// baike.bdimg.com/img/baike/actor . PNG "> < DT > Yuchen as Rachel < / dt > < / dl > < / Li > < / UL > < li > < UL > < li > < imgsrc ="// baike.bdimg.com/img/baike/actor . PNG "> < DT > chi derhong as classleader < / dt > < / dl > < / Li > < li ><