The truth about The Farewell
Mar 08, 2020
3 minutes
CHRIS HEWITT
LULU WANG’S starts with one of the more unusual title cards in recent memory: “Based on an actual lie”. Ironically, that’s true. The movie is inspired by Wang’s own experiences when her ‘Nai Nai’ (paternal grandmother), who lives in the Chinese city of Changchun, was diagnosed with terminal cancer. With Chinese custom preventing them from telling the blissfully oblivious Nai Nai of her condition, Wang and her parents flew out to hold a celebration of her life in the guise.
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