Eat Drink Man Woman: So Far Yet So Close

Cao Ruiyuan
Huo Siyan, Lan Zhenglong, Gui Yalei, Zhang Xiaoqian, Zeng Jiang, Jiang Mengjie, Li Qin, Yang Yang
2012
Mainland China, Taiwan, China
Completed
Mandarin Chinese
107 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known as饮食男女:好远又好近,is aMainland China, Taiwan, ChinaProducerwomen sex,At2012Released in year
。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese,Current Douban rating5.3(For reference only)。
A love that happens only once in a lifetime is a form of pure emotional vegetarianism. Tang Shizhe (played by Zeng Jiang) is a renowned chef in Hangzhou, known for his excellent cooking skills and strict demands on his two daughters: family dinners are a must every weekend, and the table must be filled with vegetarian dishes. His daughters Tang Wa'er (played by Huo Siyan) and Tang Xiaolan (played by Jiang Mengjie) embrace modern culture and cannot live without meat, holding a dismissive attitude towards this family ritual, and they have only a superficial understanding of their respective romantic lives. Tang Wa'er is a typical urban white-collar worker, running a high-end club, and is in a romantic relationship with game designer Zhang Quan (played by Lan Zhenglong), who is a typical homebody. The world he is familiar with is a straightforward programmatic world where "one plus one definitely equals two," but this simple and direct rule fails in matters of love, leaving him at a loss. Zhang Quan's aunt Bai Ping (played by Gui Yalei) appears flirtatious and speaks without reserve, but she is actually lonely and empty inside. She sees Zhang Quan as her own son and is eager to facilitate a marriage between him and Wa'er, so she volunteers to help in Hangzhou. However, the process turns out to be like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden—no business is accomplished, but it stirs up the waters, making Wa'er and Zhang Quan's relationship even more complicated. As Zhang Quan and Wa'er face a breakup, Tang Shizhe suddenly announces he will close the "Good Feng Shui" restaurant. By chance, Bai Ping attends the last dinner that Tang Shizhe prepared before the restaurant closes. Unfortunately, when the final dish is served, it unveils a long-buried story from over half a century ago, leaving everyone heartbroken. Is love merely an optional embellishment or a lifelong yearning? In the face of this vegetarian obsession with love, several young people find their own love and their own dish...