Soul of a Banquet

2014 · 79 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 108 VOTES · DIR. Wayne Wang

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Overview

Documentary about Cecilia Chiang, "the mother of the true Chinese cuisine."

Dialogue Timeline — 571 lines

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00:01:13 I was born in, uh, Wuxi.
00:02:39 but my father is very open and always discuss things with us.
00:05:06 My father usually always sit first, alone,
00:06:34 Always say that.
00:08:09 not being in the kitchen, not being allowed in the kitchen,
00:09:38 And I don't even understand Cantonese.
00:12:12 But the food that-- for the most part--
00:13:50 not only sort of guided us through the cooking class,
00:17:14 it was very much about giving her history...
00:18:55 I'm not going into it just to make money.
00:20:37 We just lost contact,
00:35:11 Nobody can cook a banquet. Nobody knows how.
00:38:30 at, uh, the Summer Palace.
00:40:13 and in your cooking...
00:41:32 Just kind of marries in a different way. And it's something--
00:42:55 You thought you were just eating a dinner at the Mandarin.
00:57:23 Last minute the office called Cheng.
01:00:32 usually somehow Cantonese don't use that much.
01:02:49 a little, um, spicy, and also salty.
01:04:40 So this is a very unusual dish.
01:08:10 and then get some mud and the clay, put it on.
01:11:09 We finish a bowl of rice.
01:15:04 In China, the fish always come last,
01:17:53 Closed-Captioned by Captions, Inc., Burbank, CA

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Dialogue Record

Lines indexed571
Dialogue density7.2 lines / min
First line00:01:13
Final line01:17:53

Production Record

DirectorWayne Wang
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes108

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