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The film follows a Chinese American woman named Billi, who learns her grandmother, Nai Nai, has only a short while left to live. Billi's family has decided to schedule a family wedding before Nai Nai dies to enable her to see all the family one last time, and not tell Nai Nai of her fatal illness.
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Aug 9, 2019 · The Farewell: Directed by Lulu Wang. With Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, X Mayo, Hong Lu. A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.
- (72K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Lulu Wang
- 2019-08-09
Jul 12, 2019 · As Billi and her stunned parents ( Tzi Ma and Diana Lin, both lovely) process the devastating news about her dad’s mother and make plans to travel back to China for her cousin’s hastily announced wedding, she’s shocked by the massive lie everyone is prepared to tell.
May 7, 2019 · THE FAREWELL — Now playing. RELEASE DATE: July 12, 2019 DIRECTOR: Lulu Wang CAST: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong, Jiang Yongbo Like THE FAREWELL on INSTAGRAM:...
- 3 min
- 5.4M
- A24
A profound meditation on young vs. old and East vs. West, [The Farewell] looks to bridge a generational and cultural divide...through reconciliation and understanding.
In this funny, uplifting tale based on an actual lie, Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi (Awkwafina) reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself.
Jan 25, 2019 · Awkwafina stars as the daughter of Chinese immigrants forced to go along with the family's deception of her beloved grandmother back home in Lulu Wang's semi-autobiographical comedy-drama, 'The ...
