We all tell white lies and lies of convenience sometimes, especially to our families.

Billi being billi, and not willing to.

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Webas the film’s opening text — and poster — declares, this story is “based on an actual lie”.

Webthe ending, of course, is where it all spills over:

Back in 2013, when her grandmother’s cancer story was unfolding, wang.

The taxi ride away, heartbreaking from its rear.

Webthe farewell is a 2019 dramedy written and directed by lulu wang, based off of a real incident in her life that she first publicly discussed in her radio story what you don't.

Webin the farewell, awkwafina plays an absorbing dramatic character as she deals with grief, tradition, culture and keeping secrets.

We tell ourselves that we’re lying to shield them from worry.

Webthis simple yet secretly charged scenario is representative of how the farewell manages to explore the complicated negotiations at the heart of the immigrant.

That devastating hug between billi and nai nai, the weight of time handled brilliantly;

Webbut there's a twist at the very end that comes in the form of a reveal after the breathtaking final shot, and wang herself thinks it's worth keeping quiet about it.

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