The Farewell
- Director
- Lulu Wang
- Release Date
- July 12, 2019
- Studio(s)
- A24
- Distributor(s)
- A24
- Cast
- X Mayo , Gil Perez-Abraham , Aoi Mizuhara , Awkwafina , Jim Liu , Zhao Shuzhen , Tzi Ma , Ines Laimins , Yongbo Jiang , Shuzhen Zhou , Diana Lin , Han Chen
- Writers
- Lulu Wang
- Runtime
- 98 minutes
- Budget
- $3 million
Summary
A Chinese family discover 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.
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