The Farewell is a 2019 Mandarin-language Comedy Drama film written and directed by Lulu Wang and produced by Chris Weitz, Marc Turtletaub, Daniele Melia, Peter Saraf, Andrew Miano, Jane Zheng, Lulu Wang and Anita Gou. A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to grandma one last time. The farewell features Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shu-zhen, , Hong Lu and Lin Wang. The music was composed by Alex Weston. Cinematography was done by Anna Franquesa Solano and editing by Michael Taylor and Matthew Friedman. The movie has a running time of 100 minutes. It was released on 3rd October 2019 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The Farewell was made on a budget of $3 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $23 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by A24. A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to grandma one last time.