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Overview
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Release Date:
3 August 1994 (USA)
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Tagline:
The Ingredients of Life more
Plot:
A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members. full summary | add synopsis
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Chef
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Christianity
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Food
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Restaurant
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Baptism
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 4 wins
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9 nominations
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(6 articles)
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Great Foreign Film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sihung Lung | ... | Chu | |
| Yu-Wen Wang | ... | Jia-Ning | |
| Chien-lien Wu | ... | Jia-Chien | |
| Kuei-Mei Yang | ... | Jia-Jen | |
| Sylvia Chang | ... | Jin-Rong | |
| Winston Chao | ... | Li Kai | |
| Chao-jung Chen | ... | Guo Lun | |
| Lester Chit-Man Chan | ... | Raymond | |
| Yu Chen | ... | Rachel | |
| Ya-lei Kuei | ... | Madame Liang | |
| Chi-Der Hong | ... | Class Leader | |
| Gin-Ming Hsu | ... | Coach Chai | |
| Huel-Yi Lin | ... | Sister Chang | |
| Shih-Jay Lin | ... | Chief's Son | |
| Chin-Cheng Lu | ... | Ming-Dao |
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123 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
USA:TV-PG |
Australia:PG |
Singapore:PG |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:S |
Peru:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
UK:PG |
USA:Unrated |
South Korea:15 |
Germany:12
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The opening sequence - in which a Sunday lunch is lovingly prepared - took over a week to film.
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Continuity: As Chu is downing shots at the last Sunday dinner, he spills some on the collar of his jacket. When he stands up to makes his announcement, the stain is gone.
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References Tonari no Totoro (1988)
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C'EST L'AMOUR
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Enjoyed viewing this great film from 1994 about a widower who lost his wife 16 years ago and had three daughters to raise and they all matured into very attractive and successful young ladies. Their father, Chu, (Sihung Lung) who is a famous chef loves to cook for his girls on Sunday's and prepares many dishes of Taiwan food. This story begins to dwell on each of the daughter's lives, some of them are interested in young men and want to get married and others want to succeed in the business world and one even wants to become a religious person and another loves her father very much and wishes to live with him and take care of him. There is plenty of romance, sex and very upsetting happenings in the modern day world of Taiwan. Very entertaining film with comedy, drama and romance. Enjoy.