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
