The Farewell (2019 film)
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The Farewell (2019 film) is a 2019 American comedy-drama directed by Lulu Wang about a Chinese-American woman who returns to China when her family stages a fake wedding to covertly say goodbye to their terminally ill matriarch.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Farewell (2019 film) canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American film
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comedy-drama film ⓘ film ⓘ independent film ⓘ |
| basedOn | What You Don’t Know (This American Life segment) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Anna Franquesa-Solano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
China
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | Lulu Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedBy | A24 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Michael Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalSection | U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2019 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
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family drama ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Lulu Wang’s real-life family experience ⓘ |
| leadActor | Awkwafina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadRoleName | Billi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Billi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MetacriticScore | generally favorable reviews ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alex Weston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAward | Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Awkwafina) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableNomination |
Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature
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Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay NERFINISHED ⓘ Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female (Zhao Shu-zhen) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
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Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Chinese-American woman returns to China when her family stages a fake wedding to secretly say goodbye to their terminally ill grandmother who has not been told of her diagnosis. ⓘ |
| portrays |
Awkwafina as Billi
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Diana Lin as Billi’s mother ⓘ Tzi Ma as Billi’s father NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhao Shu-zhen as Nai Nai ⓘ |
| producedBy |
Andrew Miano
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Chris Weitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniele Melia NERFINISHED ⓘ Lulu Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Turtletaub NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Saraf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Big Beach
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Depth of Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistPortrayedBy | Awkwafina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| RottenTomatoesRating | high critical approval ⓘ |
| runtime | 100 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayType | semi-autobiographical ⓘ |
| setIn |
China
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New York City ⓘ |
| stars |
Aoi Mizuhara
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Awkwafina NERFINISHED ⓘ Chen Han NERFINISHED ⓘ Diana Lin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiang Yongbo NERFINISHED ⓘ Lu Hong NERFINISHED ⓘ Tzi Ma NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhao Shu-zhen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseDate | July 12, 2019 ⓘ |
| theme |
cultural identity
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family ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ truth and deception ⓘ |
| title | The Farewell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereAt | Sundance Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereDate | January 25, 2019 ⓘ |
| writer | Lulu Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Henry Yan (The Farewell)