MOVIE · 2019

The Farewell

ComedyDrama100 min

Billi returns to China after her family learns that her grandmother is dying, only to find they’ve agreed not to tell Nai Nai and will reunite under the cover of a rushed wedding. Awkwafina is Billi, a Chinese-American woman caught between blunt honesty and family duty, while Zhao Shuzhen’s Nai Nai remains the center of every meal, argument, and ceremony. As relatives gather and the wedding plans lurch forward, private grief, family etiquette, and Billi’s distance from the customs she grew up around keep rubbing against each other.