| Uniform Title |
Farewell (Motion picture : 2019) |
| Title |
The farewell. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment, ©2019. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (95 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Roadshow Entertainment : R-126178-9. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 2019. |
| "How do you say goodbye to someone who doesn't even know they are leaving?" -- Container. |
| Based on the podcast What You Don't Know by Lulu Wang, broadcast on This American Life. |
| Special features: Audio commentary with writer/director Lulu Wang and cinematographer Anna Franquesa-Solano; Nothing but the truth: confessions of a writer/director; Going home: a conversation with Awkwafina; Deleted scenes. |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Lulu Wang. |
| Performers |
Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin. |
| Summary |
Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds there's a lot to celebrate. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1, Region 4, PAL, widescreen 16:9, letterbox 2.40:1. |
| Language note |
English with Mandarin. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. [AD] English Audio Description (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired). |
| Subjects |
Wang, Lulu, (Motion picture producer and director) Film adaptations |
| Families -- China -- Drama |
| Terminally ill -- Psychology -- Drama |
| Weddings -- Drama |
| Mourning customs -- Drama |
| Farewells -- Drama |
| Family secrets -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Changchun (Jilin Sheng, China) -- Drama |
| Genre |
Comedy films |
| Fiction films |
| Feature films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Video recordings for people with visual disabilities |
| Other Names |
Wang, Lulu, (Motion picture producer and director) director, screenwriter. |
| Awkwafina, 1989- actor. |
| Ma, Tzi actor. |
| Lin, Diana actor. |
| Wang, Lulu, (Motion picture producer and director). What you don't know Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
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