Eat Drink Man Woman by Ang Lee

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The movie “Eat Drink Man Woman” by Ang Lee is an inspiring movie by Ang Lee. It is about intimate relationship between people, which surrounds with family of dad and his three daughters. At first I thought it would be a boring movie with expected ending, somehow it surprised me. Mr. Chu, who is the main character of this movie, has treats cooking as his passion and he is a traditional man. Asians emphasize on intimate relationship and also traditional rules where they will have reunion meal always and they take it seriously just like Mr. Chu. In the beginning of the movie, Mr. Chu does not have any interaction with his daughters since his wife passed away. Daughters seem to find difficulty voice out their opinion and matters in front of their family. 

Later on, both of his daughters, Jia-Jen (elder daughter) and Jia-Ning (youngest daughter) has married unexpectedly. Jia-Jen who is very quiet, had a hard time from her first relationship, and she is a teacher for quite some time. One day, She met a volleyball couch in her school, and fell in love with him after a while. In the beginning of the movie, Jia-Jen told her sister, Jia-Chien that she’s going to bear the responsibility of taking care of their father, she felt depressed about it.  Jia-Ning who got married to her best friend’s ex-boyfriend after knowing she already got his baby. Jia-Chien, who is a “superwoman” in her career, never has a stable relationship with any guy. In the end, she finally realized the importance of family and also her passion. She finally gave up her opportunity for the promotion and working abroad. 

At first, I feel very sympathetic towards Mr. Chu, who always put his efforts on his daughters. And three of their daughters seemed not to appreciate what he did. After the death of his best friend, Uncle Wen, he finally willing to speak out his own feeling and admitted his love towards Jin-Rong, Jia-Chien’s best friend.

In the end of the movie, the relationship between the father and three daughters has improved even they’re not staying together anymore. I personally think that the family relationship is the most important thing, there’s a mandarin quote, “树欲静而风不止，子欲养而亲不待”, saying that the trees may crave calm but the wind keeps blowing, the children desire to take care of their parents yet they’re no longer living.