🎬 The Farewell (2019) | An Asian vs Western Culture Story

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Time is really flying and I haven't been watching much lately. I tried to give the Code Geass anime series a try but after 6 episodes I'm not fully hooked on it yet so I will put it aside for some time. Instead, yesterday I watched the Chinese Movie The Farewell. The choice for it came because it has been a while since I watched an asian movie while I'm looking to potential travel to Asian next year. I vert much like asian culture in general which always make me love these movies just a bit more. I had this one on my list to watch for quite some time and kind of knew what to expect after reading the plot and it pretty much exactly delivered on it.

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The Farewell (8.0/10)

The plot of this movie pretty much tells it all

A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.

The movie is a combination of an Asian and Western movie which makes it very accessible to watch. It also is frome A24 who generally bring out movies that have something special. Part of the family lives in New York and travels to China so there is a combination of English and Chinese language and also both vibes are present.

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If anything, I would say that the main theme of the movie is the difference between individualistic Western Culture and the more interdependant asian culture. In Western countries it would not really be thinkable to kleep an old person in the dark about a health condition they have while in asian countries the group kind of takes the emotional burden upon themselves while trying to give the person a final nice experience. It's an intersting question which one is better and I guess there isn't really a correct straightforward answer.

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Overall, I enjoyed this movie and it pretty much exactly delivered what I expected. The acting was great, I loved the music, the visuals, the message. These is nothing really about this movie I can say a bad thing of while at the same time it also didn't fully blow me away even though it did have quite the emotional impact on me. I'm going out of my way an give this one a super solid 8.0/10 as this is the kind of movie that I personally enjoy a lot. I even might revisit this one some day as I feel it's worth the rewatch for sure.

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Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RofpAjqwMa8

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