Dìdi (弟弟)

Set in Fremont, CA, in the year 2008, DÌDI (弟弟) is a portrait of adolescence told through the hyper-specific lens of Chris Wang, a.k.a Wang-Wang, a 13-year-old first-generation, Asian American, child of immigrants. Loosely inspired by my own upbringing, it is everything I want to say now about everything I experienced then. It is an ode to the joys and pains of adolescence, a love letter to immigrant mothers, and an examination of how it feels to learn to love yourself during a time when the world says you’re unworthy of it.

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Credits

Director:

Sean Wang

Executive Producer:

Chris Quintos Cathcart, Tyler Boehm, Robina Riccitiello, Joan Chen, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Dave A. Liu, Jennifer J. Pritzker

Producer:

Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters, Valerie Bush, Sean Wang

Screenwriter:

Sean Wang

Cinematographer:

Sam Davis

Editor:

Arielle Zakowski

Production Designer:

Hanrui Wang

Sound Designer:

Jackie! Zhou

Music:

Giosuè Greco

Principal Cast:

Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua

Additional Credits:

Costume Designer: Brianna Murphy, Co-Executive Producer: Lemar Vertel Scott, Tomás Whitmore, Co-Producer: Sakorako Fisher, Lisa Chanoff

Contact

Distributor:

Focus Features
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Public Film Contact:

Lacey Beattie
Focus Features
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Publicity Contact:

Lacey Beattie
Lacey.Beattie@focusfeatures.com
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93 mins
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