The family decided never to tell her, but arrangements were made to visit her immediately. Lulu learned five years ago that her grandmother, her father’s mother - or, in Chinese, her Nai Nai - had stage-four lung cancer the doctor said she had three months left to live. “The Farewell” is a tender story of family deception. He’s not imitating you, he’s himself as you.” Her father nodded with a knowing smile. Lulu’s boyfriend, the Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins, ever the peacemaker, chimed in: “Knowing him and knowing you, he did a good job. Lulu has made a film about her family called “The Farewell,” which comes out this week, and I was curious whether her father liked how he was portrayed by the actor Tzi Ma. A bottle of Maotai, the fiery Chinese liquor, was open, a feast of Chinese food was in front of us. It was a beautiful recent evening at the West Hollywood restaurant Auburn. She was addressing her father, Haiyan Wang, who was sitting next to me at dinner. “Dad! You have to say he did a good job,” said the filmmaker Lulu Wang.
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