The Farewell

2019
PG
1h 40m

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7.5/10

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Tzi Ma, Shuzhen Zhao, Han Chen, Aoi Mizuhara, Hong Lu, Diana Lin, Awkwafina, and Yongbo Jiang in The Farewell (2019)

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.

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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.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.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.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

73K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 37 wins & 194 nominations total

Doctor Wu
(as Lin Hong)

Tzi Ma

Haiyan

Diana Lin

Lu Jian

Yang Xuejian

Mr. Li

Becca Khalil

Shirley

Yongbo Jiang

Uncle Haibin
(as Jiang Yongbo)

Han Chen

Hao Hao
(as Chen Han)

Aoi Mizuhara

Aiko

Xiang Li

Aunty Ling
(as Li Xiang)

Hongli Liu

Aunty Gao
(as Liu Hongli)

Shimin Zhang

Michael
(as Zhang Shiming)

Jing Zhang

Gu Gu
(as Zhang Jing)

Jinhang Liu

Bao
(as Liu Jinhang)

Xi Lin

Wedding Coordinator
(as Lin Xi)

Director
- Lulu Wang
Writer
- Lulu Wang
All cast & crew
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Trivia
In addition to writing and directing, Lulu Wang also plays piano on the film's soundtrack.

Goofs
1:22:14 As Billi runs down the street, the crew van with its door open is reflected in the last billboard.

Quotes
Nai Nai: I walked the path of life and I have to say, you will face with difficulties. But you have to have an open mind. Don't be like a bull hitting his horns all over the walls of the room. Life isn't just about what you do, it's more about how you do it.

Connections
Featured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: The Farewell (2019)

Soundtracks
Funk Paradise
Written by Daniele Benati & Claudio Zanoni
Courtesy of APM Music

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8/10

Family Is Where The Heart Is

Shuzhen Zhao's hospital report says she has terminal cancer. She has perhaps four months to live. They don't tell her. Instead, the family rushes the marriage of Awkafina's cousin so that they can gather with one one last time, without letting her know anything is wrong.

It's been many years since a good friend insisted I look at Ang Lee's THE WEDDING BANQUET and EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN one after the other. When they were done, he said "Well?" and I said "They're so Jewish!" With his comedies of manners about an emigrant culture that sustains itself willy-nilly, rejected by and rejecting the mainstream, both groups are similar in their reliance on family and the dinner table as a means of staying together. Writer-director Lulu Wang's movie is of a piece with these two, with some very entertaining performances, and insight into what family means to people who are forced to be apart.