Metrograph

Writer-director Wang draws from her own life experience in this funny, frank, and heartfelt diaspora drama, a Sundance sensation starring Crazy Rich Asians’s Awkwafina. Chinese American writer Billi, en route to a family reunion to Changchun, must unhappily play along with her parents’ plan to conceal a terminal cancer diagnosis from her beloved grandmother. A breakout performance for Awkwafina, who reveals a real capacity for pathos in this family-friendly, culture-clash tragicomedy.

Distributor: A24