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The Farewell(Movie, 2019)

FSK: 0+ years
| 1h 40min | Genres: Comedy, Drama
The FarewellRating: 3.7/5 (with 646646 votes)
The Farewell (Chinese: 别告诉她; pinyin: Bié Gàosu Tā; lit. 'Don't Tell Her') is a 2019 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Lulu Wang. It stars Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, and Zhao Shuzhen. The film follows a Chinese American woman named Billi, who learns her grandmother, Nai Nai, has only a short while left to live. Billi's family has decided to schedule a family gathering before Nai Nai dies, and not tell Nai Nai of her fatal illness. The film is based in part on director Wang's life experiences, which she first publicly discussed as part of her radio story What You Don't Know, which appeared as part of an episode of This American Life. The film was screened in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically released in the United States on July 12, 2019, by A24. It received widespread acclaim from critics, with particular praise for Wang's screenplay and the performances of ()
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Available languages: German
Available subtitles: German, English
Duration: 1h 40min
Genres: Familienfilme / Kinder- und Familienfilme / Preisgekrönte Dramen / Dramen
Keywords: Herzergreifend / Bewegend
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About The Farewell

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

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Trailer for The Farewell + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

THE FAREWELL | Official Trailer HD | A24(Trailer, 2:31)

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Additional Information

Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Japanese (JA), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Translated into 32 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/19/2019 (World premiere: 07/12/2019)
Director: Lulu Wang
Producer: Daniele Tate Melia, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Andrew Miano, Chris Weitz, Jane Zheng, Lulu Wang, Anita Gou
Screenwriter: Lulu Wang
Director of Photography: Anna Franquesa Solano
Composer: Alex Weston
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A Despedida"
"Bie Gao Su Ta"
"不要告诉她"
"别对她说"
"告别婚礼"
"The Farewell - Una bugia buona"

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Other movies with this title: The Farewell (FI/SE, 1982), The Farewell (DE/PL, 2000), The Farewell (AR, 2012), The Farewell (SI, 2020)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:309088, Added: 11/30/2018, Last updated: 03/06/2024