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The Farewell

Completed

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. 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.

Release year
2019
Released
Jul 12, 2019
Country
United States
Genres
Comedy · Drama
Directed by
Lulu Wang
Written by
Lulu Wang
Cast
Awkwafina (Billi) · Zhao Shuzhen (Nai Nai) · Hong Lu (Little Nai Nai) · Hong Lin (Doctor Wu) · Tzi Ma (Haiyan) · Lin Xiao Jie (Lu Jian) · Yang Xuejian (Mr. Li) · Becca Khalil (Shirley) · Jiang Yongbo (Uncle Haibin) · Chen Han (Hao Hao)

Consumption history1

  1. Completed

External identifiers
tmdb
565310
letterboxd
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