Reunion Dinner (film)

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Reunion Dinner
Reunion Dinner 2022 film poster.jpg
Directed byOng Kuo Sin
Produced byFran Borgia
Melvin Mak
Simon Leong
Starring
Edited byErin Er
Music byGary Leo
Production
companies
Clover Films
iQIYI
King Kong Media Production
Mediacorp
Byleft Productions
Akanga Film Asia
Distributed byGolden Village Pictures
Release date
  • 20 January 2022 (2022-01-20)
Running time
91 minutes
CountrySingapore
LanguageMandarin

Reunion Dinner (Chinese :团圆饭) is a 2022 Singaporean, Mandarin-language, Chinese New Year comedy drama film. It tells the story of a soon-to-be-married couple who arrange for their parents to meet for the first time over Chinese New Year reunion dinner. But as the boyfriend is estranged from his mother, he fakes a family to impress them instead.

Contents

The film was released on 20 January 2022 in Singapore and 31 January 2022 in Malaysia during the Chinese New Year period. [1] [2] [3] The film stars Lawrence Wong, Cya Liu, Mark Lee, Xiang Yun, Guo Liang, Zhu Houren, Mimi Choo and Das DD.

It was one of the five 2022 Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese New Year films, including Ah Girls Go Army (Singapore), Nasi Lemak 1.0 , Kongsi Raya and Small Town Heroes (Malaysia). [4]

It is also not related to the 2009 Chinese New Year drama Reunion Dinner in any way despite sharing the exact same title and both starring Zhu, and another difference is that he was playing the one of the main protagonists in the drama and the main antagonist in this film.

Plot

A couple who works in an advertising agency, Chaoyang (Lawrence Wong) and Zihong (Cya Liu) have a marriage on the cards, but both have not met each other’s parents. At a client's request, they have to do a livestream of their own reunion dinner to promote the company's food products, and their parents will officially meet for the first time.

Estranged with his mother Yanling (Xiang Yun) and embarrassed by her occupation as a mama-san, Chaoyang decides to fake a family with the help of his mother's boyfriend Wei (Mark Lee) and two freelance actors, who pretend to be his mother and "fake relatives", resulting in a series of mishaps and hilarity. With Zihong's father flying in from China, and a fake family assembled, can the reunion dinner go smoothly? Can Chaoyang fix the broken relationship with his mother, and would they celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve and Chinese New Year smoothly? [5]

Cast

Release

The film was directed by Singaporean director Ong Kuo Sin; his previous film was Number 1 (2020), which also starred Mark Lee and Henry Thia. Filming was completed in July 2021 in Singapore. [6]

It starred Malaysian-born Singaporean actor Lawrence Wong and Chinese actress Cya Liu, and its cast includes well-known Singaporean actors and actress Mark Lee, Xiang Yun, Guo Liang, Zhu Houren, Hong Kong-based Malaysian veteran actress Mimi Choo and multilingual comedian Dasa DD, as well as special appearances by Ferlyn G, Joel Choo. [7] [8] [9]

The film was released on 20 January 2022 in Singapore and 31 January 2022 in Malaysia during the Chinese New Year period. [10] It was also released on iQIYI for the China market on 27 January 2022. [11] [12]

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