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The Farewell a true lie comedy by writer-director Lulu Wang in which her Nai Nai (father's mother) is shielded from the truth of her diagnosis and prognosis by a family conspiracy to shoulder the burden of anticipatory anxiety of death for her. Gu Gu (auntie, grandmother's sister) is played in the film by Nai Nai Wang, who wished to participate in telling her own story.
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A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time. Billi and her parents Haiyan and Jian emigrated to New York City ...
A Chinese American woman learns that her grandmother is dying but is forced to keep it a secret during an impromptu wedding organized in China. Watch trailers & learn more.
12. Juli 2019 · Wang took this story of devotion and well-intentioned deception and turned it into “The Farewell,” a film that’s deeply moving and unexpectedly playful in equal measure. And it’s blessed with several strong female performances, led by rapper and actress Awkwafina (a.k.a. Nora Lum), who serves as Wang’s stand-in and our conduit as the ...
Official Trailer. A Chinese family discover 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. From writer/director Lulu Wang and starring Awkwafina. Back to top.
Awkwafina exhibits raw emotion in this film about a Chinese- American family bidding farewell to their beloved Grandma. We should all be so lucky to learn new things about different cultures. For ex. The subject of Death is a very controversial topic that spans across the globe. I just wish this movie didnt move at the pace of a turtle.
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. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds there’s a lot to ...
