Brief History of a Family
Brief History of a Family
Genres Drama ,Mystery ,Thriller
Directors Lin Jianjie
Writer Lin Jianjie
Country China
Votes 413
Rating 6.7
IMDBID tt26749327
Runtime 100
Languages Mandarin
Release 12 Sep, 2024
After an incident at school, Wei, an only child and an outgoing boy from a middle-class family, and Shuo, a shy and observant classmate, form a connection that mysteriously draws them into each other's lives. When Shuo is introduced to Wei's parents, the couple shows great interest in the young boy's troubled past and welcomes him into their home. Gradually, Shuo begins to notice that this seemingly peaceful family life hides secrets, unmet expectations, and neglected emotions. A tragic event complicates everything further, bringing past wounds and present anxieties under careful scrutiny.
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The young loner “Yuan Sho” (Xilun Sun) has an incident at school that sees him helped by the “Wei” (Muran Lin) who takes him to the nurse. That’s the start of a friendship that sees the injured lad introduced to his friend’s kindly mum (Ke-Yu Guo) and rather aloof scientist dad (Feng Zu) who take a shine to him as his vulnerability awakens hitherto subdued feelings with the adults whom, it emerges, might have liked more than just the one son - but who had to adhere to the prevailing one-child policy of the time. “Yuan Sho” clearly has baggage of his own and as the story unfolds you might expect it to take a predictable route, but it doesn’t. Indeed, as the plot develops and we learn more about what makes these characters tick, it starts to become quite an enigmatic story where uncertainty creeps in and stirs up the mix nicely as we head to a conclusion that is, in itself, inconclusive. It’s the effort from Xilun Sun that delivers best here, and with plenty of Bach mixed into a story of parental ambition, teenage indifference and just an hint of what might or might not be manipulation, we are left with a psychologically layered story with a bit of a difference.
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