Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the home release information (Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital HD) for A24’s The Farewell!
Written and directed by Lulu Wang (Posthumous), based on her real-life experiences, the film is “extraordinary on every level” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone). Featuring an excellent ensemble cast, The Farewell stars Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians, Ocean’s Eight, “Tawk”), Tzi Ma ( “Silicon Valley,” “Veep,” Skyscraper), and Diana Lin (“The Family Law,” Australia Day). The special features include two featurettes, deleted scenes, and an audio commentary with writer-director Lulu Wang and cinematographer Anna Franquesa-Solano.
Cast:
Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin
Synopsis:
After learning that her family’s beloved matriarch, Nai Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi returns to Changchun to find that her family has decided to keep the news from Nai Nai. While the family gathers under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, Billi rediscovers the country she left as a child, and is forever changed by her grandmother’s wondrous spirit, in this richly moving story of how family can unite and strengthen us — often in spite of ourselves.
Trailer:
BLU-RAY / DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
- Audio Commentary with Writer-Director Lulu Wang and Cinematographer Anna Franquesa-Solano
- “Nothing but the Truth: Confessions of a Writer-Director” Featurette
- “Going Home: A Conversation with Awkwafina” Featurette
- Deleted Scenes
