Events Film: THE FAREWELL at Pentangle Arts
Date
Friday, September 13 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, September 14 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, September 15 at 7:30 pm
Monday, September 16 at 7:30 pm
Woodstock Town Hall Theatre
In this funny, uplifting tale based on an actual lie, Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi (Awkwafina) reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. 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. With The Farewell, writer/director Lulu Wang has created a heartfelt celebration of both the way we perform family and the way we live it, masterfully interweaving a gently humorous depiction of the good lie in action with a richly moving story of how family can unite and strengthen us, often in spite of ourselves.
Directed by Lulu Wang.
Contact
Alita Wilson
Phone:
(802) 457-3981
31 The Green
Woodstock, VT 05091
United States
September 13, 14, 15 & 16
The Farewell (PG)
43.623018, -72.521676
