‘Dìdi (弟弟)’ Trailer: Sean Wang Takes Us Back to the Bay in Nostalgic Coming of Age Tale
Focus Features has dropped the first trailer for Dìdi (弟弟) from Oscar-nominated director Sean Wang (Nai Nai & Wài Pó).
The film is set in 2008 in the Bay Area, an ode to first-generation teenagers navigating the joy and chaos of adolescence as seen through the lens of a 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy, played by Izaac Wang (Good Boys, Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon) and the legendary Joan Chen (Twin Peaks, The Last Emperor and Lust, Caution). At its premiere in competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival it received critical and audience acclaim, the same day that Wang earned an Oscar nomination for Documentary Short Film (Nai Nai & Wài Pó) starring his comical grandmothers, one of which also has a featured role in Dìdi (弟弟).
The film went on to win both the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast at Sundance before being picked up by Focus Features and has been screened at SXSW and SFFILM festivals.
Also starring Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua, Raul Dial, Aaron Chang, Mahaela Park, Chiron Cilia Denk, Montay Boseman, Sunil Mukherjee Maurillo, Alaysia Simmons, Alysha Syed and Georgie August.
Dìdi (弟弟) is produced by Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters, Valerie Bush and Sean Wang and executive produced by Dave A. Liu, Jennifer J. Pritzker, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Robina Riccitiello, Joan Chen, Chris Quintos Cathcart and Tyler Boehm.
Focus Features will release Dìdi (弟弟) only in theaters on July 26, 2024. Watch the trailer now.
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