It is the story of a family's decision to protect their grandmother from the knowledge of her cancer diagnosis.
What emerges is the coalescing of American independence with Chinese interdependence.
And the surprise is Awkwafina: a talented actress with great range. It was interesting to learn that she actually filmed this prior to her two subsequent films, Crazy Rich Asians and Oceans Eight.
Links related to The Farewell
This American Life podcast on What You Don't Know by Lulu Wang
Lulu Wang's open letter on A24 on how the movie got developed
