The Farewell (2019)

| Comedy, Drama | IMDB

Writer:

Lulu Wang

Producers:

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Director:

Lulu Wang

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Added:

2019-12-28

The Farewell

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.

Added:

2019-12-28

Premiere:

2020-04-16

Distributor:

Angel (DK-Cinema)
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Movie News

10/2/20

Et morsomt og hjertevarmt kulturclash

" Det er ikke altid let at have hvert ben i hver sin kultur, på den ene side forstår man for meget og på den anden side forstår man ikke helt nok. I komedie-dramaet ’The Farewell’ møder vi kinesisk amerikanske Billi, der både agerer dydig kinesisk datter og selvstændig amerikansk ung kvinde. En dag får Billi at vide, at hendes højtelskede bedstemor er dødeligt syg, men at ingen har tænkt sig at fortælle det til bedstemoren. Selvom Billi ikke er enig i beslutningen tager hun med tilbage til Kina til det bryllup, som i virkeligheden er en skjult farvelfest til bedstemoren. I rollen som Billi finder vi Awkwafina, der allerede har vundet en Golden Globe for sin rolle i ’The Farewell’. Filmen får dansk biografpremiere den 16. april. "

Added:

2019-12-28

The Farewell

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.

Added:

2019-12-28

Premiere:

2020-04-16
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Movie News

10/2/20

A funny and warm cultural clash

" It isn’t always easy to have each leg in two different cultures. On one hand you understand too much and on the other hand you don’t understand enough. In the comedy-drama ‘The Farewell’ we meet Chinese-American Bille, who both act like a virtuous Chinese daughter and an independent young American woman. One day Billi is told that her beloved grandmother is dying, but that no one is going to tell the grandmother. Even though Billi doesn’t agree with the decision she comes along to China to the wedding which is actually a hidden goodbye party to the grandmother. In the role as Billi we find Awkwafina, who has already won a Golden Globe for her role in ‘The Farewell’. The movie premieres in Danish Cinema on the 16th of April. "