Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Chinese
- Country
- Taiwan, United States
Why tonight?
- In Chinese — subtitles on.
The story
Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.
- daughter
- cooking
- sense of life
- aging
- taiwan
- teacher
- food
- taiwanese
- dating
- family
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Sylvia Chang — Jin-Rong
- Winston Chao — Li Kai
- Chen Chao-jung — Guo Lun
- Lester Chan Chit-Man — Raymond
- Chen Yu — Rachel
- Gua Ah-leh — Madame Liang
- Chi-Der Hong — Class Leader
- Gin-Ming Hsu — Coach Chai
- Huel-Yi Lin — Sister Chang
- Shih-Jay Lin — Chef's Son
- Willing Lu — Ming-Dao
- Directed
- Ang Lee
- Written
- James Schamus, Wang Huiling, Ang Lee
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 409 ratings
- Studio
- Good Machine, Ang Lee Productions, Central Motion Picture Corporation, Xiongfa Film Company
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
