Dìdi (弟弟)
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Director: Sean Wang Run Time: 94 min. Release Year: 2024
Starring: Chang Li Hua, Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Macaela Parker, Shirley Chen
KCRW, Vidiots, and Focus Features invite you to a special advance screening of Dìdi (弟弟) followed by a conversation with director, Sean Wang moderated by Hiro Murai.
On the cusp of high school, Chris Wang, a.k.a Wang Wang, is spending an aimless summer in his quiet Northern California hometown of Fremont. His mom, Chungsing, is the only person who sees and loves Dìdi (the affectionate term in Mandarin meaning “little brother”) for who he really is. Chris can’t stand it when she looks at him with the loving gaze of an immigrant mother whose greatest pride and most animated dreams rest in her child. He’s too busy watching skate videos on YouTube and scouring the Myspace page of his crush, Madi. When Chris, wielding the power of a well-deployed Paramore t-shirt and A Walk to Remember reference, finds a way to get close to Madi, he suddenly seems to be figuring things out.
But Dìdi (弟弟) isn’t the story of a teenage boy getting the girl. In Sean Wang’s telling, Chris doesn’t exactly come of age as much as trip and stumble his way through an endless teenage summer — and perhaps find a way to log off AIM and see his mother for the first time.
TIME: Thursday, July 25th, 7:30 PM
Conversation to follow the screening
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