Event

The Farewell

The Farewell
Directed by Lulu Wang
Cast: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Gil Perez-Abraham
Genre: Comedy
1hr 40mins
PG

Fri Sept 20 | 3pm
Sun Sept 22 | 3pm, 7pm
Tues Sept 24 | 3pm
Wed Sept 25 | 3pm
Thurs Sept 26 | 3pm

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. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds theres a lot to celebrate: a chance to rediscover the country she left as a child, her grandmothers wondrous spirit, and the ties that keep on binding even when so much goes unspoken. With The Farewell, writer/director Lulu Wang has created a heartfelt celebration of both the way we perform family and the way we live it, masterfully interweaving a gently humorous depiction of the good lie in action with a richly moving story of how family can unite and strengthen us, often in spite of ourselves.

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