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Aug 5, 2019 · Lulu Wang's grandmother, Nai Nai, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in 2013 and kept it a secret from her family. The Farewell is a movie based on Wang's own experience and her struggle with the cultural difference between China and the US.
Jan 6, 2020 · The Farewell real grandmother has learned the truth behind the film and her cancer diagnosis, director Lulu Wang revealed.
The parents tell Billi, the character based on Lulu Wang, that they're going to China to see her grandmother and celebrate the good news that Billi's cousin is getting married.
Lulu Wang, the director of The Farewell, reveals that her grandmother, who has stage IV lung cancer, discovered the film's autobiographical content from a review. The film is about a family reunion in China to hide the grandmother's diagnosis from her.
THE FAREWELL director Lulu Wang tells the harrowing tale about how she kept the content of her film about her grandmother a secret from her grandmother while...
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Jul 16, 2019 · Lulu Wang, the director of The Farewell, shares how she turned a real-life fib about death into a funny, bittersweet movie about her family. She reveals the challenges and rewards of making a personal and cultural story that resonates with audiences.
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Jan 4, 2020 · It was director Lulu Wang ’s nai nai — Mandarin for paternal grandmother — who spent that June day in 2018 watching Wang film in an apartment complex in the northeast Chinese city of Changchun....
