The Farewell
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The Farewell is a 2019 dramedy film written and directed by Lulu Wang that follows a Chinese American family staging a fake wedding to secretly gather and say goodbye to their terminally ill matriarch, exploring themes of cultural identity, family, and grief.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Farewell canonical | 17 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3826734 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Farewell Context triple: [Chinese American cinema, notableFilm, The Farewell]
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A.
The Splendid Things We Planned
The Splendid Things We Planned is a memoir by biographer Blake Bailey that recounts his troubled relationship with his brother and their dysfunctional family.
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B.
The Light We Carry
The Light We Carry is a 2022 nonfiction book by Michelle Obama that offers personal reflections and practical wisdom on resilience, hope, and navigating uncertainty.
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C.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
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D.
The Gift
The Gift is a fertile northern territory in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, lying just south of the Wall and historically granted to the Night's Watch to support its upkeep.
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E.
The Gift
The Gift is a 2000 supernatural thriller film directed by Sam Raimi, centered on a Southern clairvoyant whose psychic visions entangle her in a murder investigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Farewell Target entity description: The Farewell is a 2019 dramedy film written and directed by Lulu Wang that follows a Chinese American family staging a fake wedding to secretly gather and say goodbye to their terminally ill matriarch, exploring themes of cultural identity, family, and grief.
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A.
The Splendid Things We Planned
The Splendid Things We Planned is a memoir by biographer Blake Bailey that recounts his troubled relationship with his brother and their dysfunctional family.
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B.
The Light We Carry
The Light We Carry is a 2022 nonfiction book by Michelle Obama that offers personal reflections and practical wisdom on resilience, hope, and navigating uncertainty.
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C.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
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D.
The Gift
The Gift is a fertile northern territory in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, lying just south of the Wall and historically granted to the Night's Watch to support its upkeep.
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E.
The Gift
The Gift is a 2000 supernatural thriller film directed by Sam Raimi, centered on a Southern clairvoyant whose psychic visions entangle her in a murder investigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedy-drama film
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film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
ⓘ
surface form:
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (for Awkwafina)
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| basedOn | What You Don’t Know short story by Lulu Wang ⓘ |
| centralCharacter | Billi ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Anna Franquesa-Solano ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
China
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | widespread critical acclaim ⓘ |
| director | Lulu Wang ⓘ |
| distributor | A24 ⓘ |
| editedBy |
Matthew Friedman
ⓘ
Michael Taylor ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ family film ⓘ |
| leadActorForCharacter Billi | Awkwafina ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Chinese American experience
ⓘ
cultural identity ⓘ family ⓘ grief ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alex Weston ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a granddaughter’s relationship with her grandmother ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of differences between Eastern and Western attitudes toward illness and truth
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portrayal of cross-cultural family dynamics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
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Mandarin Chinese ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A Chinese American family stages a fake wedding to secretly gather and say goodbye to their terminally ill matriarch. ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 2019-01-25 ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Sundance Film Festival ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Big Beach
ⓘ
Depth of Field ⓘ |
| productionType | independent film ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| runtime | approximately 100 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Lulu Wang ⓘ |
| setting |
China
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| starring |
Aoi Mizuhara
ⓘ
Awkwafina ⓘ Chen Han ⓘ Diana Lin ⓘ Jiang Yongbo ⓘ Lu Hong ⓘ Tzi Ma ⓘ Zhao Shuzhen ⓘ |
| theatricalReleaseDate | 2019-07-12 ⓘ |
| writer | Lulu Wang ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Farewell Description of subject: The Farewell is a 2019 dramedy film written and directed by Lulu Wang that follows a Chinese American family staging a fake wedding to secretly gather and say goodbye to their terminally ill matriarch, exploring themes of cultural identity, family, and grief.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tzi Ma