Ang Lee's Father Trilogy: Eat Drink Man Woman, The Wedding Banquet, Pushing Hands HD Collection

When talking about Ang Lee’s most representative works, we have to mention his "Family Trilogy". The "Family Trilogy" consists of the three films Pushing Hands (1991), The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994). Because the fathers in each of the films are played by Mr. Lang Xiong, it is also called the "Father Trilogy."

Ang Lee's Father Trilogy: Eat Drink Man Woman, The Wedding Banquet, Pushing Hands HD Collection

Many movie fans are saying that if Mr. Lang Xiong had not passed away, he would have had a better collaboration with Ang Lee. Indeed, the success of the "Father Trilogy" is inseparable from the old man's touching performance. Although all three fathers are played by him alone, each one is truly different. Ang Lee also helped Mr. Lang Xiong. In 1991, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor for Pushing Hands. In 1993, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Wedding Banquet. In 2002, the year when Mr. Lang Xiong passed away, he won the Golden Horse Award for Lifetime Achievement. Unfortunately, the old man did not wait for the award ceremony, and his widow, Ms. Bao Jia, attended the ceremony on his behalf.

Ang Lee's Father Trilogy: Eat Drink Man Woman, The Wedding Banquet, Pushing Hands HD Collection

The reason why Ang Lee is the most recognized Chinese director in Hollywood is definitely because he still maintains his own style under the Hollywood model. Ang Lee's films always have their own philosophy, which is a fusion of his own experiences. He examines our hearts delicately all the time, but the essence of this examination is comfort.

In the "Father Trilogy", each father looks different, but they all face the same dilemma. The saying "heroes grow old and beauties turn gray" is a sad and helpless thing, and the same is true for an elderly father. In China's thousands of years of cultural tradition, the father has always been an authoritative figure in a family. But when the children grow up, where does this authority go?