Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

IMDb plot summary: A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.

Directed by Ang Lee. Starring Sihung Lung, Yu-Wen Wang, Chien-Lien Wu, and Kuei-Mei Yang.

This is a slow, thoughtful movie that spends much of its time lingering on the sights and sounds of the father's cooking. Details of the various daughters' approaches to life and to their father unravel a little at a time, and sometimes interacting with each other in interesting ways. One daughter, for example, begins seeing the man who jilted her older sister years before without knowing it's him, and when she finds out, you are concerned for both of them and how this is going to play out. The final scene is very touching and beautiful and ends the film perfectly. Overall a really beautiful movie.

How it entered my Flickchart:

Eat Drink Man Woman > Raising Cain

Eat Drink Man Woman > Chronicle

Eat Drink Man Woman < Revengers Tragedy

Eat Drink Man Woman > The Muppets

Eat Drink Man Woman < William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

Eat Drink Man Woman > Cats and Dogs

Eat Drink Man Woman < Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Undead

Eat Drink Man Woman < Thermae Romae

Eat Drink Man Woman < They Live

Eat Drink Man Woman < Jackie Brown

Eat Drink Man Woman < Queen of Katwe

Eat Drink Man Woman > Loving Vincent

Final spot: #575 out of 3358, or 83%.