Brief History of a Family
Singapore Premiere
Lin Jianjie China, France, Denmark, Qatar 2024 99 min PG (Some Disturbing Scenes)
A high schooler’s entrance into a well-off family upends its fragile equilibrium as buried desires are forced into light.
Following an incident at school, outgoing Tu Wei and reclusive Yan Shuo start to hang out at Wei’s sleek home. When Wei’s parents learn of Shuo’s troubled family background, they warmly welcome the teen. His caring gestures and inquisitive, sensitive mind readily gain their favour, amid dissatisfaction with their self-centred son. As Wei resists his schoolmate’s encroachment on his place in the family, questions of blood and of desired kin demand urgent answers.
Propped by ingenious lensing and a tense score, this psychological thriller awakens the unspoken malaise of contemporary family life in China shaped by the legacy of its one-child policy.
30 Nov, Sat 9:00PM / 99 min
Golden Village Cineleisure, Hall 1
8 Dec, Sun 8:00PM / 99 min
Filmgarde Kallang, Hall 2
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Brief History of a Family
家庭简史
Lin Jianjie
China, France, Denmark, Qatar
2024
Mandarin
English
99 min
PG (Some Disturbing Scenes)
Singapore Premiere
Lin Jianjie
Lin Jianjie is a Chinese filmmaker who tells stories about China’s contemporary society through the microcosm of everyday relations. His short films, A Visit (2015) and Gu (2017), have travelled internationally. Brief History of a Family, his feature debut, screened at Sundance and the Berlinale.
Lou Ying,
Zheng Yue,
Wang Yiwen,
Zhou Ping,
Rikke Tambo Anderson
Zu Feng,
Guo Keyu,
Sun Xilun
