A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
Acting
Zhao Shuzhen as Nai Nai steals every scene without knowing it.
Writing
Wang's personal family lie, adapted with surgical precision.
Direction
Wang makes silence and food speak louder than dialogue.
Director
Lulu Wang
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lulu Wang based this on her real grandmother, who still doesn't know the film exists — or that she has cancer. The actual lie continues.
The film sparked widespread debate in China about medical disclosure norms; many physicians now reconsider 'protective lying' to terminal patients.
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