The Farewell

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.

Genre : ComedyDrama

Runtime : 100 mins

Release Date : 2019-07-12

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When a Chinese family finds out that the family’s matriarch is dying of lung cancer, complications arise. In Chinese culture, there is a saying that when you get cancer, you die. This actually boils down to the belief that it’s not the cancer that leads to the person’s death, but rather the fear of...

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com Lulu Wang shares an emotional part of her personal life by delivering a beautiful, heartfelt story about her grandmother. Even though The Farewell sticks the landing perfectly, not all of the second...

This movie is described as a comedy-drama and it is. But I didn’t have many laugh out loud moments. The humor is situational mainly: the writers work up to those moments that make you smile, either because you remember a similar moment in your life, or else because you can’t imagine a similar momen...

Cast

Zhao Shuzhen

(Nai Nai)

Awkwafina

(Billi)

X Mayo

(Suze)

Hong Lu

(Little Nai Nai)

Hong Lin

(Doctor Wu)

Tzi Ma

(Haiyan)

Diana Lin

(Lu Jian)

Yang Xuejian

(Mr. Li)

Becca Khalil

(Shirley)

Jiang Yongbo

(Uncle Haibin)

Han Chen

(Hao Hao)

Aoi Mizuhara

(Aiko)

Li Xiang

(Aunty Ling)

Hongli Liu

(Aunty Gao)

Zhang Shimin

(Michael)

Zhang Jing

(Gu Gu)

Jinhang Liu

(Bao)

Xi Lin

(Wedding Coordinator)

Shi Lichen

(Big Chef)

Lin Wang

(Reception at Massage Parlor)

Yue Xin

(Masseuse #1)

Xiaoxiao Sun

(Masseuse #2)

Dong Li

(Gu Fu)

Puxia Qin

(Little Gu Gu)

Ruiqi Wang

(Little Gu Fu)

Jim Liu

(Doctor Song)

Yuqiu Geng

(Funeral Cryer)

Yuzhuo Wang

(Ye Ye)

Shouchang Xiao

(General Ma)

Yonghua Zhao

(General Fu)

Zuohai Jiang

(General Zhu)

Xinyang Lv

(Teenage Girl #1)

Jing Chen

(Teenage Girl #2)

Weifeng Sun

(Copy Center Boss)

Diane Dehn

(Birthday Singer (uncredited))

Ines Laimins

(Kathy (uncredited))

Johnny Michaels

(Party Goer (uncredited))

Gil Perez-Abraham

(Tony (uncredited))