‘The Farewell’s’ China Release Delayed

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  • Author: Patrick Frater and Rebecca Davis
  • November 21,2019

‘The Farewell’s’ China Release Delayed The long-anticipated release of Awkwafina’s drama “The Farewell” in mainland China has been delayed. The hold-up came just two days before the film’s scheduled outing this Friday.

The film, about a Chinese American family who are hiding their aging matriarch’s cancer diagnosis from her, was scheduled to be released in China some four months after its North American commercial outing. Directed by Beijing-born bilingual director Lulu Wang, it first made a splash at Sundance in January before going on to make $17.7 million in North American theaters.

The rights in China were picked up by ticketing agency cum distributor Maoyan, which had begun to use its significant promotional power to boost the film. Users of Maoyan’s ticketing app were at one point recently greeted with a three second full-screen poster for “The Farewell” before being able to buy other tickets.

The company offered no explanation for the
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