The Farewell (2019)

The Farewell: Directed by Lulu Wang. With Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, X Mayo, Hong Lu. 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.

“Shuzhen Zhaou0026#39;s hospital report says she has terminal cancer. She has perhaps four months to live. They donu0026#39;t tell her. Instead, the family rushes the marriage of Awkafinau0026#39;s cousin so that they can gather with one one last time, without letting her know anything is wrong.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s been many years since a good friend insisted I look at Ang Leeu0026#39;s THE WEDDING BANQUET and EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN one after the other. When they were done, he said u0026quot;Well?u0026quot; and I said u0026quot;Theyu0026#39;re so Jewish!u0026quot; With his comedies of manners about an emigrant culture that sustains itself willy-nilly, rejected by and rejecting the mainstream, both groups are similar in their reliance on family and the dinner table as a means of staying together. Writer-director Lulu Wangu0026#39;s movie is of a piece with these two, with some very entertaining performances, and insight into what family means to people who are forced to be apart.”