In The Farewell, Billi (Awkwafina) flies to China to attend a fake wedding. Why? So she and the rest of her family can stealthily say goodbye to Nainai (Zhao Shuhzen), their beloved matriarch ...

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.

Billi's family return to China under the guise of a fake wedding to stealthily say goodbye to their beloved matriarch, the only person who doesn't know she only has a few weeks to live.