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Group Members: Mariam, Tamara, Dinh, Devin

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Group Members: Mariam, Tamara, Dinh, Devin

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Anthony, Lena, Alexa, Alexander

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Nai Nai getting checked out at the doctors towards the beginning of the film set up the tone of the film and our expectations. We can expect that Nai Nai is not healthy after all and that her sister is lying to her.
-Alexa

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Karl Knight , Ashlin Cullin , Jacob Borges , Ryan Haats

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Internal Cultural Conflict within Billie

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Internal Cultural Conflict within Billie

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Her knowledge of both American and Chinese perspective cause a strain on her relationship with her family. For example, she wants to tell her grandma things but she feels there's no point since she is terminally ill. - Maddy

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The first time Billi sees the bird she gets told her grandma has lung cancer. The second time Grandma is in the hospital

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When the grandma was coughing towards the halfway point in the film. She might have to go to the hospital which is why the family had to leave their hotel rooms abruptly.   - Anthony S.

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In the beginning, Billie and her grandma repeatedly lie to each other on the phone, so we can expect that the theme of lying will continue throughout the movie - Alex

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Hao Hao and his wife-to-be act strangely to each other, even though they are planned to be married. This could be tension from lying to their grandmother. We are left with the impression that something bad will happen between them (or maybe something during the wedding) - Lena

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Billie's cousin getting married acts as a function to set up the main events of the story. It acts specifically as an excuse for the whole family to spend their time with the dying Grandmother, without revealing to her the true intentions of the family get together.

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The difference in location, but the experiences are very similar, for instance looking out her hotel window in China vs America - Rob

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The wedding is used as a distraction from the grandmothers sickness and is an excuse to bring everyone together to see her one last time.

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In my opinion, Billi's function within the film is to disrupt the family; more specifically, the family's plan to lie to Nai Nai about her illness.

Her role is to expose the lie to her grandmother.
- Mariam

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Suspenseful moments:
E.g, when we did not hear the doctor's diagnosis or when Billie repeatedly asked her dad what was wrong (before finding out about her grandmas illness) - Alex

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The movie makes a lot of use out of the colour blue. The colour blue is ofter used in films to signify how dull and sad the protagonists life is in the moment.

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Nai Nai is a wise, witty woman who is the grandmother of Billi. She is ill within the film but her family is keeping it a secret from her so that she can live her final days as her happy self. You can see that Billi and Nai Nai share a connection that the others do not have.
-Jacob

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Billi is shown as a very independent person. In the beginning, you can see she is clearly very close with her Grandma and is very emotional about the situation. She doesn't seem too happy with her current life and is going through a bit of a hard time. Her family (specifically her mother) seems to be upset with the way she is living in America and wonders if she would've done better in China.  A moment that stuck out for her character was when she found out about her Grandma and although you can see how much it is affecting her she then takes a bit of time to think and realize she would rather be there for her family than ignore the situation.
Ashlin

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Billie is bilingual, and she speaks Mandarin with her family but sometimes at certain points in the plot and with characters she chooses to speak in English. Revealing who she is able to be vulnerable with - Azra

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How the family were pretending to be happy and were doing some sort of "play" in front of her and using the wedding as an excuse to see her, and providing her with "Vitamin pills" when in reality it's a medication for cancer.

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Lu Jian is the mother of Billi and sometimes is rough around the edges and is struggling with the illness of her mother.
-Jacob

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Very traditional. Although we don't know what he's like without knowledge of his mother's sickness.  However, it is clear he is heavily affected by what may be the passing of his mother.  At times he seems cold because of this. He doesn't seem to do well with pain and has a history of holding it in. One of the first things billi asked when she spoke to him was are you drinking again.
karl