Farewell, The

director: Lulu Wang

writer: Lulu Wang

cast: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Jim Liu, Gil Perez-Abraham, Ines Laimins

release date: July 12th, 2019

runtime: 1 hr. 38 min.

After learning their beloved matriarch has terminal lung cancer, a family opts not to tell her about the diagnosis, instead scheduling an impromptu wedding-reunion back in China. Headstrong and emotional writer Billi rebels against her parents' directive to stay in New York and joins the family as they awkwardly attempt to rekindle old bonds, throw together a wedding that only grandma is actually looking forward to, and surreptitiously say their goodbyes