Brief History of a Family

Movie Details:

Cast & Characters:

• Zu Feng as Wei’s father
• Guo Keyu as Wei’s mother
• Sun Xilun as Yan Shuo
• Lin Muran as Tu Wei

Storyline:

A middle-class family’s fate becomes intertwined with their only son’s enigmatic new friend in post-one-child policy China, putting unspoken secrets, unmet expectations, and untended emotions under the microscope.

About Movie:

Brief History of a Family (Chinese: 家庭简史), is a mystery thriller film written and directed by Lin Jianjie in his feature directorial debut. The film, starring Zu Feng, Guo Keyu, Sun Xilun, and Lin Muran depicts a middle-class Chinese family in the post-one-child policy regime, who take in their only son’s mysterious new friend, triggering buried family tensions as secrets and feelings surface.

An international co-production, the film was selected in the Panorama section at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival and was screened on 17 February 2024 for its European premiere.