"Eating Men and Women" was released in the United States in 1993, directed by Ang Lee.
If you put a few labels on this film, the first is Ang Lee, Ang Lee is a label, and his early works "Tuina", "Wedding Feast", and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" all have Ang Lee's style. Walking between Chinese and Western cultures, promoting traditional Chinese culture, and carrying human feelings and Chinese life through small people.
The second label is food, the amazing old Zhu in the film, is simply the alley kitchen god, folk master, hiding in his own small courtyard, a single batch of a kitchen, hanging all kinds of knives on the front wall, a person can make a table full of Han full of seats, more magical bridge section is that Old Zhu used his own amazing master cooking skills, made a love bento for the neighbor's little sister, carried it to the school, in front of the whole class of primary school students and teachers, one by one open bento, Wuxi sauce ribs, Crab meat and vegetables, five willow chicken shreds, and your favorite bitter melon rib cup, the little school student sister into a small public lift.
The third label is love, the boss's love failed once, since then she has believed in Christianity, dedicated her body and mind to God, but she is not a nun, a few students forged love letters have made her heart chaotic, actively pursue the favorite physical education teacher, staged a phoenix. The flower of love of the three girls also bloomed in the wrong place, she worked in a hamburger fast food restaurant, and her colleague Aya was having an awkward fight with her boyfriend, deliberately letting her bring words, and refusing to meet herself. Once or twice, the three girls took the initiative to comfort Aya's boyfriend, so a comfort to the two found that they were the most right, Aya was also a fake drama really done, chicken flying eggs beat, lost the boyfriend and lost the girlfriend, and sure enough, the girlfriend's boyfriend is the most fragrant. The flower of love of the three girls bloomed on the pain of others, but what can be said, fate has arrived, no one can stop it, love has not come first and then come to a word. The love of the second girl is the most complicated, in one word: chaos and abandonment. The first boyfriend was conquered by her first-hand cooking, and sure enough, he verified the sentence: to conquer the man's heart, first conquer the man's stomach, especially the otaku who can't cook but only call takeaway. After all, the otaku is a returnee, unable to understand the true feelings of the second girl. The second daughter of the Zhu family and the handsome man starring Zhao Wenxuan sparked a spark, but unfortunately the second girl mistakenly thought that Zhao Wenxuan was the negative man who had deceived the eldest sister, although it was later explained clearly, and also lost interest in being together. In the end, the second girl returned to the family, only she knows her father's love best, at the end of the film, the second girl made a good dish, so that the father restored his sense of taste, the original kitchen god who made dishes for others for a lifetime, but also needs others to pour the sweetest spring water on his taste buds.
Finally, talk about lao Zhu's love, lao Zhu is the head of the family, his wife died early, and he was a father and a mother to feed three girls, but when he reached old age, he did not dare to pursue his own love. It turned out that his family had moved in next door to Aunt Liang's family, and Aunt Liang's family had returned from the United States, and her daughter Jinrong had just divorced. Aunt Liang has been widowed for many years and is about the same age as Old Zhu, her daughter Jinrong is in her thirties, the same age as the big girl of the Zhu family, and there is a daughter named Shanshan, who is primary school in Hongo. Old Zhu often ran to liang's house, and clear-eyed people knew that in front of the widow's door, old Zhu must have taken a fancy to Aunt Liang, and his daughters often laughed at him for this matter and encouraged him to pursue Aunt Liang. In fact, Lao Zhu has an unspeakable secret in his heart, he looks at Jinrong, that is, the daughter of Aunt Liang, who is about the same age as his eldest daughter, in order to please Jinrong, Lao Zhu also specially made a lunch bento for Shanshan, sent to the school to please Shanshan, Shanshan even helped classmates order food, Lao Zhu became a voluntary fast food company, providing Lunch for Shanshan and her classmates. Shanshan herself brought to the school box lunch, were eaten by Lao Zhu herself, Shanshan mother Jinrong knew, both touched and loved, it can be said that Lao Zhu and Jinrong are in love with each other. However, everyone else was in the dark, until a family banquet, another table of delicious food, wine after three rounds, dishes over five flavors, Lao Zhu stood up and spoke: I announced, I will sell the house, and marry Jinrong. Aunt Liang fainted on the spot, and the daughters dissuaded her, only the second girl silently shed tears, she knew in her heart that her father also had the right to pursue his love.
Eating men and women, showing food, talking about the road of the world: food symbolizes material, love symbolizes spirit, and everyone lives in this world and has the right to pursue material and spiritual.