Movie
The Farewell
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2019-07-12
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Big Beach, Depth of Field, Kindred Spirit, Seesaw Productions
- Country
- China, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Awkwafina as Billi
- Zhao Shuzhen as Nai Nai
- Hong Lu as Little Nai Nai
- Hong Lin as Doctor Wu
- Tzi Ma as Haiyan
- Diana Lin Xiaojie as Lu Jian
- Yang Xuejian as Mr. Li
- Becca Khalil as Shirley
- Jiang Yongbo as Uncle Haibin
- Chen Han as Hao Hao
- Aoi Mizuhara as Aiko
- Li Xiang as Aunty Ling
Crew
- Lulu Wang - Director
- Lulu Wang - Writer
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