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The Farewell (2019)

| Comedy | 25 January 2019 (USA)
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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.

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Lulu Wang

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Lulu Wang

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Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Jim Liu | See full cast & crew »
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Awkwafina Takes Dramatic Leap in 'The Farewell'

At Sundance 2019, Crazy Rich Asians star Awkwafina describes how her first leading role in the dramatic comedy The Farewell led to an, um, "empathy orgy" with the cast and crew.

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Cast

Credited cast:
Awkwafina ... Billi
Tzi Ma ... Haiyan
Jim Liu ... Doctor Song
Gil Perez-Abraham ... Tony
Diana Lin
Ines Laimins ... Kathy
Shuzhen Zhou Shuzhen Zhou ... Nai Nai
X Mayo X Mayo ... Suz
Aoi Mizuhara Aoi Mizuhara ... Aiko
Han Chen Han Chen ... Haohao
Yongbo Jiang Yongbo Jiang
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A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. 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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USA

Language:

English | Mandarin

Release Date:

25 January 2019 (USA) See more »

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Big Beach Films, Depth of Field, Kindred Spirit See more »
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