Virtual International Film Club: The Farewell

In celebration of the Lunar New Year this February, IEGAP and AS@P are cosponsoring the next Virtual International Film Club. The movie for February will be the American film, “The Farewell” by Lulu Wang. We hope you will enjoy watching it and that you will join us for a discussion on Friday, February 11, at noon.

Synopsis: In this funny, heartfelt story, Billi’s (Awkwafina) family returns to China under the guise of a fake wedding to stealthily say goodbye to their beloved matriarch–the only person that doesn’t know she only has a few weeks to live. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds there’s a lot to celebrate: a chance to rediscover the country she left as a child, her grandmother’s wondrous spirit, and the ties that keep on binding even when so much goes unspoken.