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Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expe...

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Other Authors: Wang, Lulu (Motion picture producer and director) (Screenwriter), Awkwafina, 1989- (Actor), Ma, Tzi (Actor), Lin, Xiaojie, 1964- (Actor), Zhao, Shuzhen (Actor) (Actor), Lu, Hong (Actor) (Actor), Jiang, Yongbo (Actor), Chen, Han, 1988- (Actor), Aoi, Mizuhara (Actor), Zhang, Jing (Actor) (Actor), Yang, Xuejian (Actor), Franquesa-Solano, Anna, 1984- (director of photography.)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Chinese
Language Notes:English and Mandarin audio; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published: Santa Monica, California : Lionsgate, 2019.
Subjects:
Families > China > Drama.
Families.
China.
Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Chinese.
Comedy films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds there's a lot to celebrate.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2019.
Wide screen.
Special features: Audio commentary with writer/director Lulu Wang and director of photography Anna Franquesa-Solano; Nothing but the truth: confessions of a writer/director; Going home: a conversation with Awkwafina; Deleted scenes.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; Dolby digital 5.1.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG; thematic material, brief language and some smoking.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Anna Franquesa-Solano ; editors, Michael Taylor, Matthew Friedman ; music, Alex Weston.