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Brief History of a Family | movie | 2024 | Official Featurette
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8/27/2024
A middle-class family's fate becomes intertwined with their only son's enigmatic new friend in post one-child policy Chi | dG1fVjNjWVB5M2I1bmM
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Hi, my name is Lin Jianjie. People also call me JJ. I am the writer-director of Brief History
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of a Family, which will have its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
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In Brief History of a Family, a Chinese family lives a seemingly perfect middle-class life.
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When their only son brings home a new friend from school, the family takes an interest
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in this kid who comes from a very different background. But the more they know about him,
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the deeper they find themselves in unfamiliar grounds, emotionally and mentally.
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In my film, I put this family under the microscope and examined it on two levels. One, as a cell
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of our society affected by its sociopolitical changes, and two, as a living cell in the
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biology sense reacting to an outsider and the changes he brings.
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By looking through a microscope, I also want to get closer to these characters, amplify
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their hidden fears, desires, and tension. But the closer we get, the more mysterious
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they become. I hope this film will take you on an immersive journey, one that you will
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enjoy till the end.
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