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The Farewell Party. Levana and Yehezkel, a married couple in a retirement home, love being together until a pair of devastating challenges suddenly threatens to divide them. Rent The Farewell...
- (34)
- Comedy, Drama
- Sharon Maymon, Tal Granit
May 22, 2015 · “The Farewell Party” is a bittersweet tragicomedy about a very thorny issue: assisted suicide and the right to die. It is, quite often, a very funny film, as mischievous as the youth that has long since left its characters, but not once does it treat its serious subject matter lightly.
- Mr. li
- Aunty Ling
- Aiko
- Hao Hao
- Uncle Haibin
- Lu Jian
- Haiyan
- Little Nai Nai
- Billi
- Nai Nai
Mr. Li is essentially Nai Nai's live-in boyfriend. It's hard to say a lot about him because we don't get to see a whole lot of him throughout the film. Nai Nai describes him as "a live body in the house," but doesn't go much beyond that. If there's one thing that we can count on for him to be there for, though, its a family meal, and there is no sh...
Aunty Ling is the wife of Haibin, Haiyan's brother. She doesn't get a great deal of screen time either, but what she does get she makes count. She takes Billi and Haiyan to what appears to be some kind of day spa. She offers her perspective on not telling Nai Nai she's dying, but it doesn't prove too helpful to Billi. But Aunty Ling does help Haiya...
Aiko is the blushing bride-to-be of Billi's cousin Hao Hao. She doesn't get many lines, but there's a great deal to be said for someone who willingly agrees to move up their weddingdate to accommodate one person on her husband's side of the family. That's definitely not something every bride would do. RELATED: The Farewell: 10 Things It Does Better...
Hao Hao is Billi's cousin who has agreed to move up his wedding to Aiko for Nai Nai. While Hao Hao doesn't get many lines, you can tell that he is experiencing much of the same grief and sadness that Billi is. Only in one scene do we see him start to break down, and, during a stressful time like this, that's pretty impressive. Hats off to you and y...
Uncle Haibin is the brother of Billi's father, Haiyan. He and his family, despite living in Japan, still very much consider themselves first and foremost Chinese. As Billi struggles to understand why her family isn't telling her grandmother she's dying, Haibin offers some of the more profound insights. He knows it is a burden to withhold this knowl...
Lu Jian is Billi's mother. She can be a little rough around the edges because of her high expectations for Billi. We discover that she too has had her struggles with losing a family member and being accused of not being sad enough when that occurred. RELATED: Awkwafina's 10 Best Movies (According To Rotten Tomatoes) She may not have the most gentle...
Haiyan is Billi's father and another son of Nai Nai. While he feels connected to his more traditional Chinese family, he considers himself more of an American, which causes a little bit of a stir during meal conversations. Perhaps because of that, he tends to be more understanding of Billi's struggle with not telling Nai Nai about her impending ill...
Little Nai Nai is the younger sister of Nai Nai. She is the first family member to be burdened with lying to Nai Nai about her cancer. For years, she has spent a lot of time with Nai Nai at the expense of her own marriage. Lu Jian invites Little Nai Nai to come to America when she has the opportunity where she will be able to go and see the sights....
Billi is probably the most relatable character in the entire movie. We find ourselves just as baffled, if not more so, about how families navigate difficult situations like this. She does her best to be understanding and respect the wishes of her family to not tell Nai Nai about her cancer, but she finds herself constantly conflicted in the process...
How could our favorite character not be Nai Nai? She always speaks her mind and doesn't apologize for it, perhaps to the detriment of some family members. But we always see her giving her love to her family by the things she does, whether it's going to the caterer to make sure they get what they paid for, or giving Billi a hongbao at the end of the...
The film follows a Chinese American woman named Billi, who learns her grandmother, Nai Nai, has only a short while left to live. Billi's family has decided to schedule a family wedding before Nai Nai dies to enable her to see all the family one last time, and not tell Nai Nai of her fatal illness.
May 22, 2015 · A group of friends at a Jerusalem retirement home decide to help their terminally ill friend. When rumors of their assistance begin to spread, more and more people ask for their help, and the friends are faced with a life and death dilemma. [Samuel Goldwyn Films]
- (13)
- Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon
- Unrated
May 21, 2015 · “The Farewell Party,” an Israeli comedy about euthanasia, steers a careful course between humor and pathos while playing down overtly political and religious arguments for and against...
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May 22, 2015 · 11 Photos. Comedy Drama Romance. Residents of a retirement home build a machine for self-euthanasia in order to help their terminally ill friend, though they are faced with a series of dilemmas when rumors of the machine begin to spread. Directors.
