The Wonderful Wedding is a 2015 Taiwanese comedy film starring Chu Ke-liang, Ruby Lin, Li Dongxue, Kou Hsi-shun and Lin Mei-hsiu.[2] A meet-the-parents-of-fiancée comedy, it pokes fun at the cultural and linguistic differences between Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan and Beijing in northern China.[3]
The Wonderful Wedding | |
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Traditional | 大囍臨門 |
Simplified | 大喜临门 |
Mandarin | Dà Xǐ Lín Mén |
Hokkien | Tōa Hí Lîm Mn̂g |
Directed by | Huang Chao-liang |
Screenplay by | Li Hui Juan Zhou Yuan Jiao |
Produced by | Kevin Chu |
Starring | Chu Ke-liang Ruby Lin Li Dongxue Kou Hsi-shun Lin Mei-hsiu |
Edited by | Chen Bo Wen |
Production companies | Hualien Media Shine Picture Arts Co., LTD Full Entertainment Taiwan Huayi Brothers |
Distributed by | Huayi Brothers mm2 Entertainment |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Taiwan |
Languages | Mandarin Taiwanese |
Typical for a comedy starring Chu Ke-liang, it was released a day before the Chinese New Year in Taiwan.
A protective father's unreasonable obsession with traditions nearly derails his daughter's wedding.
Both songs were written by Chen Kuo-hua.
The Wonderful Wedding was the top domestic film of the Chinese New Year holidays in Taiwan, breaking the NT$100 million (US$3.15 million) mark in 5 days,[5] and the NT$200 million (US$6.30 million) mark on March 3.[6] The Wonderful Wedding made NT$54.96 million (US$1.74 million) in Taipei after four weekends.[7]