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Maddy, Gabriela, Yasin, Mackenzie, Cristine, Madison

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Maddy, Gabriela, Yasin, Mackenzie, Cristine, Madison

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Tenzin Londhen, Billie Wilner, Jeremy Ralphs, Melissa Anderson, Tessa Redden

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Dylan Wainwright, Esha Shrivastava, Lewis Otote, Malygon Anna, Sadeem Almutlaq, Zoeline Bonnee

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Billi is the main character and Granddaughter of Nai Nai. She lives in America and is known to be emotional, but also funny and caring. She disagrees with the family's decision to not tell Nai Nai about her cancer.

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Abdullah, Mykyta, Anthony, Omar, Amirreza

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Nai Nai is Billi's grandmother. She is diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer and has 3 months left to live. She is very close to Billi and is always in touch with her.

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There was a big indication that something negative happened to Nai Nai in the hospital at the beginning. We the audience get to see her sister's reaction to the news first, and how heartbroken she looks receiving it. However, when the sister passes on the news, she does so with a smile on her face, reassuring Nai Nai that everything is okay. This gives the viewer a sense of unease, indicating that something is wrong with her, and bad news is on the way.

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in terms of location there may be something to say about how the director always used places which symbolize family and togetherness, like the dining room, and a general surplus of family members together in one scene. This is also especially relevant in the repeated circular dining-table scenes.

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Alex Lago, Amber Boswell, Jaime Zimmerman, Kaila Simpson, Mariam Foldvari--Abu, Robbie Cameron

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Billi's cousin

Hao Hao is getting married a woman he's only been dating for 3 months in order to the wedding to serve as a decoy for the family to travel to Nai Nai's hometown.

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We figure out from the conversation Billi had with her parents that they don’t want her coming to china in fear that she will tell the truth to her grandmother. When she lands in China we’re left anticipating what her family’s reaction is going to be, as well as if she is going to tell her grandmother about the illness.

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Haiyan is Billi's father. He moved to America with is wife, Lu Jian and daughter. Haiyan was an alcoholic and watching up to 40min of the film, I'm guessing his arch will take him down that road closer to the death of Nai Nai.

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The colour red appears when Billi enters a foreboding situation, for example when she gets to china, her grandmas apartment is partly red. When she enters her hotel room, the lighting is red.

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The element of cancer in the movie functions as a way of brining the family all together in China while also causing tension and conflict between them. It is the main cause of the story and the cause of each family members behaviour and emotion, and many of them have differing opinions on how to handle it.

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The colours in the film are muted, maybe to represent the solemm themes and storylines in the film, an example being the grandma getting cancer.

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When Billi finally sees her grandmother, she pauses, there is a long silence between the two and leaving the viewer with the impression the Billi may be about to tell Nai Nai the bad news

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Billi can be seen as a form of conflict in the story due to her wanting to tell her grandma about the cancer while the rest of the family doesn't want to.

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- Almost all characters feel sad and they are upset during the film because they know about cancer, while the person who has cancer is the only one who is happy and enjoys time with the family.

- Billi is the only one family member who thinks that it is better to tell about cancer, while everyone else in the family thinks that it is better to hide this information.

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When the family gathers around for dinner, conflict soon arises. Family dinners function as an element that detaches their family. It seems like this specific event always causes some form of division within the group.

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Every time Billi is forced to confront her grandmothers illness and her family attempts to isolate her, the lighting becomes darker and it is nighttime.

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The bird pops up a couple of times during the film and it seems to bring bad news whenever it appears. E.g. Billi getting denied from the fellowship, Grandma getting hospitalized.

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Most scenes with Nai Nai are using cold colours while scenes, where she is absent, are using warm lights which helps us understand the tone of the scene.

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1-  During the scene with Nai Nai when she was exercising with Billie, we see that she is stronger than she appears. Although she is made to appear weak because of her cancer, we see that she is actually strong in other ways (spiritually, mentally)

2- When we first meet Hao Hao (Billie's cousin). We see his emotion and care for his grandmother.