Brief History of a Family | movie | 2024 | Official Featurette - video Dailymotion

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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00:00Hi, my name is Lin Jianjie. People also call me JJ. I am the writer-director of Brief History

00:09of a Family, which will have its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

00:17In Brief History of a Family, a Chinese family lives a seemingly perfect middle-class life.

00:23When their only son brings home a new friend from school, the family takes an interest

00:27in this kid who comes from a very different background. But the more they know about him,

00:32the deeper they find themselves in unfamiliar grounds, emotionally and mentally.

00:39In my film, I put this family under the microscope and examined it on two levels. One, as a cell

00:45of our society affected by its sociopolitical changes, and two, as a living cell in the

00:51biology sense reacting to an outsider and the changes he brings.

00:58By looking through a microscope, I also want to get closer to these characters, amplify

01:03their hidden fears, desires, and tension. But the closer we get, the more mysterious

01:10they become. I hope this film will take you on an immersive journey, one that you will

01:16enjoy till the end.