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The Farewell

Summary: A Chinese family discovers 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.

Release Date: August 09, 2019

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Lulu Wang

Writer: Lulu Wang

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Big Beach Films, Depth of Field, Kindred Spirit

Countries: United States, China

Language: English

Domestic: $ 17,695,781

International: $ 5,380,876

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2 year old girl 30 year old woman 360 degree well shot 6 year old girl air conditioner airport american apartment complex apology applause asking for forgiveness aspiring writer aunt nephew relationship aunt niece relationship baby backpack balloon banana banquet hall bare chested male baseball cap based on an actual life being watched benign shadow bilingual bird bird loose inside a hotel room birthday birthday party bowing boy boyfriend girlfriend relationship bride and groom brother brother relationship camera cancer cell phone cemetery ceremonial fire ceremony changchun china chef chest x ray china chinese chinese american chinese culture chinese family chinese japanese romance chopsticks the eating utensil cigarette cigarette smoking circular staircase clothesline confession of love congratulations cookie cooking copying machine coughing cousin cousin relationship crab crab as food crawling on the floor crying crying groom crying man crying woman ct scan cupping cymbals dancer dancing daughter rests her chin on mothr's shoulder dead father dead grandfather dead husband death of grandfather deceased father deceased husband deception dizziness doctor dog dragon costume drink drinking drummer drums drunkenness duck as food dying eating epilogue f rated family photograph family relationships father daughter relationship father son relationship fear female director female filmmaker female protagonist female soldier fiance fiancee relationship flower food forgery giving a toast government official grabdmother touches granddaughter's butt grandmother and granddaughter hold hands grandmother granddaughter embrace grandmother granddaughter relationship grandmother grandson relationship grave graveside ceremony gravestone grief grunting grunting exercise guggenheim fellowship guilt happiness happy birthday to you hard of hearing hiding one's emotions holding hands home video hospital hospital waiting room hotel hotel desk clerk hotel room husband wife relationship husband wife separation illiteracy illness immigrant intercultural romance italian japan japanese jet lag joke telling karaoke knocking on a door laundromat letter lie limping woman living alone living together lobster as food long distance telephone call looking at oneself in a mirror looking out a taxi rear window lost earring lung cancer man wears eyeglasses mandarin chinese manhattan new york city maotai massage parlor masseuse master of ceremonies matchmaking matriarch meat pie medical diagnosis medicine memory microphone mirror money money as a gift mother daughter relationship mother in law daughter in law relationship mother son relationship mri new york city old man old woman opera singer orange the fruit painter paper jacket photograph photograph on gravestone photographer pianist piano pierced nosering playing a video game posing for a photograph prayer pride professional crier prostitute quitting a job quitting smoking cigarettes rain relaxation exercise revolving door roast duck running sadness saying goodbye scene during opening credits secret singer singing singing dog sister sister relationship sleep sleeping slow motion scene soaking one's feet in water song stage four cancer statue stethoscope storytelling street life subjective camera subtitled scene subway suitcase talking to one's dead husband taxi telephone telephone call telling a joke terminal illness thumbs up gesture title directed by female tradition translator triple f rated umbrella uncle nephew relationship uncle niece relationship unhappiness video before end credits visiting father's grave visiting grandfather's grave visiting husband's grave vitamin pills walking exercise watching someone waving goodbye wedding wedding banquet wedding photograph wedding reception weeks to live what happened to epilogue woman sits on a toilet wonton worrying writer producer director written by director written directed and produced by female x ray

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