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Directed by | Sean Wang |
Written by | Sean Wang |
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Cinematography | Sam A. Davis |
Edited by | Arielle Zakowski |
Music by | Giosue Greco |
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Distributed by | Focus Features |
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Running time | 91 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
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Box office | $207,307 [2] |
Dìdi ( Chinese: 弟弟; lit. 'Younger Brother') is a 2024 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film, written, directed, and produced by Sean Wang in his directorial debut. The film stars Izaac Wang and Joan Chen. Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters and Chris Columbus serve as producers and executive producers under their AntiGravity Academy, Spark Features and Maiden Voyage Pictures banners, respectively.
Dìdi had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2024, where it won the Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic and U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble. [3] It was released in the United States by Focus Features on July 26, 2024.
Set in 2008, a 13-year-old Taiwanese-American boy learns how to skate, flirt, and love his mother. [4]
Principal photography took place in July 2023 in Fremont, California. [5] The film consists mostly of first-time actors from the Bay Area. [6] The film was previously selected for the 2023 Sundance Institute Screenwriting & Directors Lab and the 2022 SFFILM Rainin Grant. [7] [8]
Dìdi had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2024. [9] A few days later, Focus Features acquired distribution rights to the film. [10] It also screened at South by Southwest on March 12, 2024, and closed the 11th edition of Sundance London on June 9, 2024. [11] [12] [13] It also had its international premiere at the Beijing International Film Festival on April 19, 2024. [14] [15] It was released on July 26, 2024. [16]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 58 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "A semi-autobiographical love letter to teenage angst that's also slyly self-critical, Dìdi is a deeply moving personal statement by writer-director Sean Wang." [17] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [18]
In her review for The Guardian, Adrian Horton described Dìdi as "easily one of the best, most seamless films [she's] seen on the experience of growing up online" and declared it a "clear antecedent" to Eighth Grade (2018). [19] Scott Phillips praised the cast performances in his review for Forbes and concluded: "It would be reductive to call Didi a 'feel good movie'. It never manipulates its audience, but it offers a great deal of comedy to go with its heavier themes. It feels like real life, finding the humor and the happiness that can be often be obscured by the challenges". [20]
Dìdi | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Sean Wang |
Written by | Sean Wang |
Produced by |
|
Starring | |
Cinematography | Sam A. Davis |
Edited by | Arielle Zakowski |
Music by | Giosue Greco |
Production companies |
|
Distributed by | Focus Features |
Release dates |
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Running time | 91 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
Languages |
|
Box office | $207,307 [2] |
Dìdi ( Chinese: 弟弟; lit. 'Younger Brother') is a 2024 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film, written, directed, and produced by Sean Wang in his directorial debut. The film stars Izaac Wang and Joan Chen. Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters and Chris Columbus serve as producers and executive producers under their AntiGravity Academy, Spark Features and Maiden Voyage Pictures banners, respectively.
Dìdi had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2024, where it won the Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic and U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award: Ensemble. [3] It was released in the United States by Focus Features on July 26, 2024.
Set in 2008, a 13-year-old Taiwanese-American boy learns how to skate, flirt, and love his mother. [4]
Principal photography took place in July 2023 in Fremont, California. [5] The film consists mostly of first-time actors from the Bay Area. [6] The film was previously selected for the 2023 Sundance Institute Screenwriting & Directors Lab and the 2022 SFFILM Rainin Grant. [7] [8]
Dìdi had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2024. [9] A few days later, Focus Features acquired distribution rights to the film. [10] It also screened at South by Southwest on March 12, 2024, and closed the 11th edition of Sundance London on June 9, 2024. [11] [12] [13] It also had its international premiere at the Beijing International Film Festival on April 19, 2024. [14] [15] It was released on July 26, 2024. [16]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 58 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "A semi-autobiographical love letter to teenage angst that's also slyly self-critical, Dìdi is a deeply moving personal statement by writer-director Sean Wang." [17] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [18]
In her review for The Guardian, Adrian Horton described Dìdi as "easily one of the best, most seamless films [she's] seen on the experience of growing up online" and declared it a "clear antecedent" to Eighth Grade (2018). [19] Scott Phillips praised the cast performances in his review for Forbes and concluded: "It would be reductive to call Didi a 'feel good movie'. It never manipulates its audience, but it offers a great deal of comedy to go with its heavier themes. It feels like real life, finding the humor and the happiness that can be often be obscured by the challenges". [20]