The Farewell
Based on an actual lie.
ComedyDramagrandparent grandchild relationshipfamily relationshipsweddingrelationshipeast asian leadfamily reuniongrandmotherchinese americanfamily gatheringethical dilemmawoman directorlung cancer
A tender, wryly funny family drama about love, mortality, and the gap between Western and Eastern approaches to truth and care.
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.
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