The Wedding Banquet

66th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
The Wedding Banquet (喜宴)
1993
Taiwan
Color
Directed by Ang Lee

Plot: To satisfy his nagging parents, a gay landlord and a female tenant agree to a marriage of convenience, but his parents arrive to visit and things get out of hand.

Theme: Drama, Family Relations, Gay

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The Scent Of Green Papaya

66th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
The Scent Of Green Papaya (Mùi đu đủ xanh)
1993
Vietnam
Color
Directed by Trần Anh Hùng

Plot: Mui goes to live with a pianist who has a fiance. The pianist and Mui have a relationship, and he teaches her to read.

Theme: Drama, Music

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Farewell My Concubine

66th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Nominee
Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬)
1993
Hong Kong
Color
Directed by Chen Kaige

Plot: The story of two men, who met as apprentices in the Peking Opera, and stayed friends for over 50 years

Theme: Peking Opera, War

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Belle Époque

66th Academy Awards: Best Foreign Film Winner
Belle Époque
1993
Spain
Color
Directed by Fernando Trueba

Plot: A Spanish soldier deserts from the army in 1931, only to find himself arrested by a group of local policemen. He is released and soon befriends a lonely, old man in the local village. Problems arise when the old man's daughters come to visit their father and the soldier quickly falls in love with each of them. (Written by Julio Avalos)

Theme: Romance

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