What 'The Farewell' gets right about losing your grandparent when far away from home
I wasn't much older than the six-year-old Billi in Lulu Wang's The Farewell when I left my parent's birth home—Moscow, Russia—for good.
Unlike most grandmothers, including Billi's Chinese Nai Nai, my babushka was a terrible cook. Still, she would cook what she could as a way to show her love. She would make me instant Kharcho, a traditional Georgian soup, out of a bag for lunch, and we ate more pan-fried potatoes and sausages than I would like to remember for breakfast.
And yet, in America, I am not home either; in fact, people often point out"how Russian" or"international" I am. In The Farewell, when Billi checks into a hotel, an attendant asks her if she likes America or China better?"It's different," she says. I've often given that exact response when asked the same question about Russia and the U.S.
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