EditThe Farewell (2019)

Modvilligt forlader Billi New York og rejser hjem til familien i Changchun, Kina. Anledningen er, at bedstemor Nai Nai kun har få uger tilbage at leve i, og familien skal samles for at sige farvel til hende. Familien har imidlertid besluttet ikke at fortælle Nai Nai sandheden om hendes tilstand, og bruger istedet et bryllup som påskud til at samles. Mens Billi navigerer i dette minefelt af hvide løgne og familieforventninger, begynder hun samtidig, at genopdage det land, hun forlod som barn. Ikke mindst genopdager hun sin store kærlighed til Nai Nai og de stærke bånd de deler selv efter mange års adskillelse. Så meget at det truer med at afsløre løgnen. "The Farewell" er en sjov og hjertegribende familieskildring om at tage afsked med en man elsker og samtidig finde tilbage sine rødder. Det var en af de mest populære film i 2019 blandt både publikum og kritikere. Awkwafina vandt prisen for BEDSTE KVINDELIGE HOVEDROLLE ved Golden Globes.

In this funny, uplifting tale based on an actual lie, Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi (Awkwafina) reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds there’s a lot to celebrate: a chance to rediscover the country she left as a child, her grandmother’s wondrous spirit, and the ties that keep on binding even when so much goes unspoken. With The Farewell, writer/director Lulu Wang has created a heartfelt celebration of both the way we perform family and the way we live it, masterfully interweaving a gently humorous depiction of the good lie in action with a richly moving story of how family can unite and strengthen us, often in spite of ourselves.