“Based on an actual lie” are the first words you see when The Farewell begins. The lie in question is rather large. Chinese grandmother Nai Nai (Shuzhen Zhao) has been for a scan as she has been coughing a bit to much. Her sister goes to get the news and tells Nai Nai that there are benign shadows that will sort themselves out soon. The truth however, is that Nai Nai is terminally ill. Nai Nai’s family all learn the secret and decide to set up a fake wedding. All of them are supportive of the lie apart from her granddaughter Billi (Awkwafina). As somebody who was raised in America, the idea of lying to her beloved Grandmother seems terrible. Yet, she still goes to the family fake wedding, which is an oppotunity for everybody to really get together and say their goodbyes to Nai Nai.
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