‘Wedding ceremony Dinner party’ Starring Bowen Yang to Open BFI Flare Movie Competition

Andrew Ahn’s “The Wedding ceremony Dinner party,” a remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 rom-com starring Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone, will open this yr’s BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Movie Competition.

The movie, which is international premiering Monday evening at Sundance Movie Competition, could have its world debut on March 19 at London’s BFI Southbank with Ahn in attendance.

In step with a press unlock, “The Wedding ceremony Dinner party” is a “glad comedy of mistakes a few selected circle of relatives navigating the failures and delights of circle of relatives expectancies, queerness and cultural identification.”

The plot description reads: “Angela and her spouse Lee were unfortunate with their IVF remedies, however can’t have the funds for to pay for every other spherical. In the meantime their buddy Min, the closeted scion of a multinational company empire, has quite a few circle of relatives cash however a soon-to-expire pupil visa. When his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris rejects his proposal, Min makes the be offering to Angela as an alternative: a inexperienced card marriage in trade for investment Lee’s IVF. However their plans to quietly elope are upended when Min’s skeptical grandmother flies in from Korea unannounced, insisting on an all-out wedding ceremony extravaganza.”

Along Yang and Gladstone, “The Wedding ceremony Dinner party” additionally stars Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, Joan Chen and Youn Yuh-Jung. The movie is co-written by way of Ahn and James Schamus, who co-wrote the unique 1993 script. Manufacturers come with Schamus, Anita Gou, Joe Pirro and Caroline Clark.

“I’m extremely excited for ‘The Wedding ceremony Dinner party’ to have its world premiere at BFI Flare, a pageant that celebrates and cultivates queer skill,” Ahn mentioned in a observation. “I’m commemorated to be part of a cinema legacy that comes with filmmakers like Amrou Al-Kadhi and Hong Khaou. I’ve fallen in love with London on my many earlier visits, so it feels becoming to convey this love tale to town.”

The total BFI Flare program will likely be printed on Feb. 18.