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I found the movie's premise to be kind of far fetched, even though it was based on a true story. So in the movie the family and relatives of a woman do not want to tell her that she is dying of cancer and all come up with an excuse to all come see her, the wedding...
It is also said in the movie that this is a part of Chinese culture, and this tradition of not telling the her person they are dying has been done before over and over in the generations.
It is also said in the movie that this is a part of Chinese culture, and this tradition of not telling the her person they are dying has been done before over and over in the generations.
WARNING: "SPOILER" spoilers below
The woman who is dying, Nai Nai, also kept her own husband's terminal illness from him when he died, a secret from him as well. So when this is a traditional culture thing in China and the culture seems to know about it, how is it that Nai Nai was able to be fooled by everyone? She has symptoms of illness and it gets worse with coughing, yet when her family tells her that she is fine, with medical results that they are relaying to her, she is completely fooled, even though she herself fooled her own husband this way.
However, at the end of the movie after they say their goodbyes to Nai Nai, and drive away, Nai Nai starts to cry after, and her look changes to much more sadness compared to before they left. So does indicate that Nai Nai, highly suspected the whole time, and they weren't really fooling her then, cause she is well aware of the tradition?
However, at the end of the movie after they say their goodbyes to Nai Nai, and drive away, Nai Nai starts to cry after, and her look changes to much more sadness compared to before they left. So does indicate that Nai Nai, highly suspected the whole time, and they weren't really fooling her then, cause she is well aware of the tradition?
