Director: Andrew Ahn
Cast: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, Joan Chen
The Wedding Banquet is a 2025 American comedy-romance film directed by Andrew Ahn, following two friends — one gay man, one lesbian woman — who enter a marriage of convenience, only to find their careful arrangement unraveling when an unexpected family celebration forces everyone to confront what they truly want.
What is The Wedding Banquet about?
Wil, a gay man navigating immigration uncertainty, strikes a pragmatic deal with his close friend Angela, a lesbian who hopes to start a family through in vitro fertilization. Their arrangement seems straightforward: a green-card marriage to secure his residency, fertility treatments funded in return. But when Min's grandmother arrives from Korea and insists on throwing a full traditional wedding banquet, the couple's carefully constructed fiction collides with the warmth, expectations, and love of real family. Their partners, their secrets, and their deepest desires all come to the surface as the celebration grows beyond anyone's control.
Cast & crew
Director Andrew Ahn brings a deft, empathetic hand to ensemble comedy after his acclaimed work in queer indie cinema. Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone lead as the central duo, supported by Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-chan, the legendary Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-jung, Bobo Le, and Camille Atebe — a cast that spans generations and cultures with evident chemistry.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers and the Iranian diaspora, The Wedding Banquet resonates on several levels beyond its comedy surface. The film speaks directly to the experience of navigating cultural expectations, family duty, and personal identity across immigrant communities — themes that feel immediate for anyone who has balanced an inherited world with a chosen one. The story's warmth toward multi-generational family dynamics, its humor rooted in misunderstanding rather than mockery, and its genuine tenderness toward characters building unconventional families all translate powerfully across cultures. The film is available in Persian DUB on K-Time, making it fully accessible for Farsi-speaking households.
Where & how to watch
The Wedding Banquet is available on K-Time in Persian DUB and with Persian subtitles. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Subscribe once and cancel anytime.