The Farewell
“Based on an actual lie.”
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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Cast
38 people
Awkwafina
Billi
Known for
Raya and the Last Dragon
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Zhao Shuzhen
Nai Nai
Also in
Once We Get Married
Time to Fall in Love
Hong Lu
Little Nai Nai
Also in
My Wedding and Other Secrets
Hong Lin
Doctor Wu
Also in
The Prince and the Concubine's Divorce
Tzi Ma
Haiyan
Known for
Arrival
Mulan
Lin Xiaojie
Lu Jian
Known for
The Long Season
Interior Chinatown
Yang Xuejian
Mr. Li
No other roles listed
Becca Khalil
Shirley
Also in
Run the World
Black Vans and Worry Dolls
Jiang Yongbo
Uncle Haibin
Known for
I Am Not Madame Bovary
Chen Han
Hao Hao
Also in
Bureau of Transformer
Evil Minds
Aoi Mizuhara
Aiko
Also in
She's Just a Shadow
漂洋过海来爱你
Li Xiang
Aunty Ling
Also in
淮水情
Lulu Wang Director · Alex Weston Composer Anna Franquesa Solano Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $23M · Budget $3M · United States release July 12, 2019
Box office
Budget
$3,000,000
Worldwide gross
$23,076,657
Gross vs. budget
7.7×
Production
Big Beach
Production
Depth of Field
Production
Kindred Spirit
Production
Seesaw Productions
Production
A24
Studio
China · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · Japanese
Release dates
United States · January 25, 2019
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · July 12, 2019
Limited theatrical
United States · October 29, 2019
Digital
United States
November 12, 2019 · Physical
Australia
September 5, 2019 · Theatrical
December 1, 2019 · Digital
Austria
December 19, 2019 · Digital
China
November 22, 2019 · Theatrical
Czechia
May 21, 2020 · Theatrical
Denmark
August 20, 2020 · Theatrical
Finland
January 24, 2020 · Theatrical
France
January 8, 2020 · Theatrical
June 17, 2020 · Physical · DVD
Germany
December 19, 2019 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
January 30, 2020 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 6, 2020 · Digital
Ireland
September 20, 2019 · Theatrical
Israel
January 30, 2020 · Theatrical
Italy
December 24, 2019 · Theatrical
Japan
October 2, 2020 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 21, 2019 · Theatrical
New Zealand
August 1, 2020 · Digital
Norway
March 13, 2020 · Theatrical
Poland
February 7, 2020 · Digital
Portugal
January 9, 2020 · Theatrical
Russia
October 17, 2019 · Theatrical
South Korea
February 4, 2021 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 10, 2020 · Theatrical
Switzerland
October 2, 2019 · Digital
Thailand
December 19, 2019 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
September 20, 2019 · Theatrical
Vietnam
October 11, 2019 · Theatrical
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