Lulu Wang on The Farewell, the indie hit of the summer

Published: Aug. 3, 2019, midnight

When filmmaker Lulu Wang set out to write and direct a personal movie based on a real-life family saga, she had a clear vision for an American film, largely set in China, mostly in Mandarin. But buyers weren\u2019t biting. Wang tells us about her circuitous route to finally making \u2018The Farewell,\u2019 which has turned into the indie success story of the summer.