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A Movie “The Farewell” 6/12/20

June 12, 2020

I truly enjoyed watching this movie. It is truthful, yet funny. It is soulful, yet silly. It is very entertaining and soul searching. The movie follows a Chinese family’s journey to search Chinese belief (I share this belief as a Japanese too) and to help the family’s difficulty together.  It happened when they discovered that their beloved Grandmother has only a short life to live. So they set up the grandson’s wedding to have a reason to gather in China because all of families are scattered, living in Japan and USA. Billi (Awkwafina) has a difficulty to keep family’s secret in front of her beloved grandma because the family decided not to tell the truth to the grandma according to Chinese belief. Everyone has difficulty to keep their feeling uplifted in front of the grandma. The grandma is so happy to see everyone and so excited to have a big wedding. First of all, Awkwafina is an amazing actress. You forget this is a movie so she is acting. She is so natural. This movie was a big hit last year. If you have not seen it yet, it is truly recommended! It is actually a perfect movie during our pandemic.