Friday, 10 February 2023: The Farewell

Friday, 10 February 2023, 20:00

Venue: (see Locations and Tickets for further details)

Programme category: Forest Row Film Society

Director: Lulu Wang, USA 2019, 100 mins, PG

"The entire film is pretty perfect, actually, and it’s one of the year’s best." RogerEbert.com

A Chinese family in New York discovers their grandmother, who is still in China, has only a short while to live. According to custom they keep her diagnosis secret from her, but arrange a family reunion under pretext of a wedding so they can see her one last time.

"One of the most genuinely moving films I’ve ever seen" Rolling Stone

Further reading

1. Time Out
2. Empire
3. Observer
4. Eye For Film
5. Guardian

Trailer