This study analyzes one of Lulu Wang's films entitled "The Farewell" which was first shown in 2019. This film tells the story of Billi and her Chinese family. This study deals with the characters and conflicts to conveyed the cultural contradictions in the film. The aim of this study was to find out the cultural contradictions in the film that conveyed through the characters and conflicts.
This study used a qualitative research as research method to analyzed the film. There were some steps to collected the data such as, watching the film, reading the film script, identifying the data, classifying the data, and reducing the data. The theories applied were concerned with protagonist, antagonist, internal and external conflict.
The study found both characters and conflicts in the “The Farewell” 2019 film that conveyed the cultural contradictions in the film. The characters in the film are devided into two types, the protagonist Billi and the antagonists Haiyan, Gugu, Uncle Haibin and Jian. The protagonist reflects two types of conflict: internal and external conflict. The internal conflict was Billi with herself about her goals or different expectations. The external conflict was Billi argue with her parents, Haiyan and Jian, Gugu and Uncle Haibin because at first they did not let Billi know about Nainai illness and decided to keep it as a secret because her family was quite strict in their Chinese perspectives and traditions.
Keywords: the farewell 2019 film, characters, conflicts, cultural contradiction