Expats / The Farewell
About The Episode:
Episode 105: “Central,” 2024, Dir. Lulu Wang, 100 Min, Amazon Prime Video, USA
Central, the feature-length penultimate episode of limited series EXPATS, shifts the narrative away from the entangled lives of expats to spend one fateful Sunday with two Filipina domestic workers and a disparate ensemble of Hong Kong locals as a massive typhoon descends upon the city and the 2014 political movement reaches a point of no return.
FORMAT: DCP
About The Series:
Expats, 2024, Amazon Prime Video, USA
Set against the complex tapestry of Hong Kong residents, EXPATS depicts a multifaceted group of women after a single encounter sets off a chain of life-altering events that leaves everyone navigating the intricate balance between blame and accountability.
About The Film:
The Farewell, 2019, Dir. Lulu Wang, 100 Min, A24, USA
In Mandarin and English with English subtitles.
In this funny, uplifting tale based on an actual lie, Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi (Awkwafina) 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: a chance to rediscover the country she left as a child, her grandmother’s wondrous spirit, and the ties that keep on binding even when so much goes unspoken.
FORMAT: DCP
Cost: Free
