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.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.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.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 36 wins & 187 nominations total
Hong Lu
- Little Nai Nai
- (as Lu Hong)
Yongbo Jiang
- Uncle Haibin
- (as Jiang Yongbo)
Xiang Li
- Aunty Ling
- (as Li Xiang)
Hongli Liu
- Aunty Gao
- (as Liu Hongli)
Shimin Zhang
- Michael
- (as Zhang Shiming)
Jing Zhang
- Gu Gu
- (as Zhang Jing)
Jinhang Liu
- Bao
- (as Liu Jinhang)
Xi Lin
- Wedding Coordinator
- (as Lin Xi)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsWhen Nai Nai explains why the nanny stole Billi's egg, she mentioned that the food rationing was imposed when Billi was little. China's food rationing period ended in the early 1980s in the northern provinces, considering the film was set in 2019 and Billi left China 20 or so years ago, it was highly unlikely she experienced food rationing in the year 1999 when food and consumer goods were already widely available.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: The Farewell (2019)
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Beautiful
The Farewell is such a great film. It opened my eyes to a very thought provoking element of Chinese culture and was full of poignancy, humour, and heart.
We follow a family grappling with grief and the way that the film deals with this is so unique and engaging. All of the characters had a part to play in contributing to the story and adding to the film, but the central relationship is between Awkwafina's Billi and her grandmother. It's a very human, believable, and relatable relationship which drives the film and injects so much heart and emotion. It was beautiful to watch.
The screenplay is quite minimal, with not a huge amount of dialogue, but it doesn't need it. It manages to convey its meaning and purpose through other mediums, and is highly accomplished in this way.
I also loved the direction and cinematography of The Farewell. It felt very clean, very arty, and was just great to look at.
A very powerful film exploring familial love and grief in a sensitive, unique, and tender way.
We follow a family grappling with grief and the way that the film deals with this is so unique and engaging. All of the characters had a part to play in contributing to the story and adding to the film, but the central relationship is between Awkwafina's Billi and her grandmother. It's a very human, believable, and relatable relationship which drives the film and injects so much heart and emotion. It was beautiful to watch.
The screenplay is quite minimal, with not a huge amount of dialogue, but it doesn't need it. It manages to convey its meaning and purpose through other mediums, and is highly accomplished in this way.
I also loved the direction and cinematography of The Farewell. It felt very clean, very arty, and was just great to look at.
A very powerful film exploring familial love and grief in a sensitive, unique, and tender way.
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- ethanbresnett
- Mar 6, 2021
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Lời Từ Biệt
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,695,781
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $355,662
- Jul 14, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $23,076,657
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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