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Awkwafina walked away with every scene in last summer’s unprecedented hit “Crazy Rich Asians” (and “Ocean’s 8” too, for that matter). But with “The Farewell,” A24’s poignant familial dramedy due out July 12, the talent will enrapture audiences in a new way entirely.
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Written and helmed by Lulu Wang, the piece centers upon a family who neglects to tell its dying matriarch that she is in fact, well, dying. Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong, and Jiang Yongbo also star. Don’t miss the new trailer below.
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