❝I walked the path of life and I have to say, you will face with difficulties. But you have to have an open mind. Don't be like a bull hitting his horns all over the walls of the room. Life isn't just about what you do, it's more about how you do it.❞
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The Farewell is a beautifully heartfelt drama with themes of familial intimacy and simultaneous strangeness, while also dealing with the immigrant experience through the eyes of the main character Billi. It's surprisingly thought-provoking in the sense that it makes one appreciate the cultural differences on-screen as well as place oneself in this situation and wonder what the outcome may be. It's also interesting, especially as someone who moved to the UK when I was very young, to think about 'the disconnect between a place as preserved in your memories and its present state'; I don't speak my mother tongue very well, and I don't really talk to many of my relatives either, so going back to my ancestral country is always an odd combination of nostalgia and detachment/separation. Awkwafina's performance was excellent, and I also really liked Tzi Ma and Zhao Shu-zhen's acting too. From a technical point-of-view, I really can't fault the film at all; it's full of gorgeous compositions and bleak colour grading that threatens to overpower the joy in the scenes with Nai Nai, as well as hauntingly poignant soundtrack. However, I think the film is a bit too short, as it felt a tad rushed and the conflicting emotions and themes could've been explored in a bit more detail. On the whole, though, it's a solid film certainly worth giving a watch.
❝I walked the path of life and I have to say, you will face with difficulties. But you have to have an open mind. Don't be like a bull hitting his horns all over the walls of the room. Life isn't just about what you do, it's more about how you do it.❞
𐄁──── ｡ﾟ☆: .☽ .* :☆ﾟ.────𐄁
The Farewell is a beautifully heartfelt drama with themes of familial intimacy and simultaneous strangeness, while also dealing with the immigrant experience through the eyes of the main character Billi. It's surprisingly thought-provoking in the sense that it makes one appreciate the cultural differences on-screen as well as place oneself in this situation and wonder what the outcome may be. It's also interesting, especially as someone who moved to the UK when I was very young, to think about 'the disconnect between a place as preserved in your memories and its present state'; I don't speak my mother tongue very well, and I don't really talk to many of my relatives either, so going back to my ancestral country is always an odd combination of nostalgia and detachment/separation. Awkwafina's performance was excellent, and I also really liked Tzi Ma and Zhao Shu-zhen's acting too. From a technical point-of-view, I really can't fault the film at all; it's full of gorgeous compositions and bleak colour grading that threatens to overpower the joy in the scenes with Nai Nai, as well as hauntingly poignant soundtrack. However, I think the film is a bit too short, as it felt a tad rushed and the conflicting emotions and themes could've been explored in a bit more detail. On the whole, though, it's a solid film certainly worth giving a watch.
