“The Farewell” by Lulu Wang (2019)
(exceptional) Movies directed by women
2019 was a good year!
Excellent script, images and music (9)
Top personages and direction (10)
Thirteen minutes into the movie, the plot is clearly established, and we are emotionally involved
Emotions are very soberly displayed / no false notes in the characters / good editing and photography, and a very interesting musical score… An amazing feat!
All this within the profound humility of an homage made by a grand-daughter to her grandma
This second feature is a strong follow-up to her first movie Posthumus.
Rotten Tomatoes Critics 8,5
Metascore 8,9
Roger Ebert 10,0
Rotten Tomatoes Audience 8,6
IMDB 7,6
Average critics 9,1
Average public 8,1
Cast: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong, Jiang Yongbo
Director: Lulu Wang
Screenplay: Lulu Wang
Director of Photography: Anna Franquesa Solano
Editor: Michael Taylor
