Mike Goes To Movies

The Farewell (2019) The Farewell is as near perfect a drama as they come. Though the film centres primarily upon Chinese culture and familial traditions that many may be relatively unfamiliar with, the story itself is uniquely universal and one that should strike a chord with most viewers out there. The plot follows Billi, a young Chinese-American woman, who learns that her grandmother, Nai Nai, who still lives in China with most of the rest of their family, has recently been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. Billi is told by her parents who live with her in the US that, similar to many Chinese families, their family has made the decision not to tell the grandmother of her illness. The family's rationale is that Nai Nai not knowing of her sickness means that her emotional well-being can be preserved for most of the remainder of her time. Billi, however, being removed from the traditional Chinese ways for so long and now a part of American culture means that she has troubling ...