Does the dog die?
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The Farewell
Movie • 2019 • Drama
ReportA headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. 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 see grandma one last time.
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philippageorgiou
There's a dog named Ellen who "sings" as a party trick in one scene. No dying, only party.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Jadespade
Depends on if you count smoking cigarettes as drugs.
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Is there addiction?
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Jadespade
Billi's dad is a former alcoholic who gets drunk at some point in the movie. He also smokes despite having quit smoking. There is a joke about how her dead grandfather pretended to quit smoking but never did, and that he should be allowed to smoke in the afterlife.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Jadespade
Billi's dad is stated to have been an alcoholic, which damaged his liver. He is pressured to drink at one point in the movie and is seen drunk.
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Are animals abused?
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No animal abuse. However, I was kind of annoyed that in two separate scenes (in China and New York) we saw a sparrow fly into Billi's room and she didn't manage to get it back outside, or even give it food or water (it looks tired). The bird doesn't die, so let's assume it escaped offscreen.
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Does a cat die?
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butterflyfish
Characters talk about a cat dying in the past tense, but no graphic details are given and there is no scene of the cat's death
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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The grandmother has lung cancer and is seen coughing uncontrollably at some points in the movie.
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Does a parent die?
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Fernanda
Though no one dies in the movie, it's implied the gradmother will die soon and this is the major theme of the story. There's also discussion of Billi's grandfather's death.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Several hospital scenes occur over the course of the movie because of the grandmother's illness.
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Does someone have cancer?
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philippageorgiou
The whole movie is based on the director's actual family story of her grandma who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and three months to live, but as is common in China, the doctor tells the family and not the patient. In the end, the grandma doesn't die in the movie, and neither does she in real life!
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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No explicitly LGBT characters featured
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Are there fat jokes?
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It's a really minor thing, but when Billi first sees her grandmother, grandmother repeats a couple times that Billi looks big, not skinny like her mother claimed. Audience members laughed at this. However, it's a sweet scene and not malicious at all.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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[SPOILERS] The ending is melancholy but sweet and hopeful. The grandmother doesn't die in the film, but Billie goes home knowing she will likely never see her again. A postscript tells us that the real-life inspiration for the grandmother is still alive, years later. However, it's not a happy ending in the sense that she makes a full recovery or anything like that.
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