"The Farewell" uses many mid-range and long-term perspectives to capture the busyness of people in the big family and the busyness of you and me, especially the scene of the reunion dinner. It portrays the small chats of you and me when the big Chinese family eats. The deeper emotions occur when Billie interacts with her family one-on-one to discuss the legitimacy of concealing her illness. This part is also very appropriate to capture emotions with close-up shots. The film presentation and emotion capture are as effective as simulating the immersive feelings. The audience followed Billie struggling to accept the bad news and conceal the illness, gradually understanding the starting point of the family.
"The Farewell" means that when opinions are disagreeable, you don't necessarily have to die or die, and you must reach a consensus to solve the problem. It's nothing more than a good way to understand the starting point and find a compromise. This also echoes the Chinese culture's philosophy of pursuing the golden mean.
The cordial and warm "The Farewell" made the audience shed tears for a second, and then burst into laughter. But it gives the audience a very high degree of acceptance because its attitude is an objective discussion, not a subjective preaching. Although concealing the correctness of the condition from the patient is the main cause of emotional pull, the director Lulu Wang's "The Farewell" does not seek to find the correct answer, and does not blame who is right or who is wrong. The film is unique, not exaggerated or unrealistic, not funny for the sake of being funny, not sensational for making people tears, it is a Chinese American child encountering cultural differences between China and the West.
