5^th INTERNATIONAL THRILLER FILM FESTIVAL

Brief History of a Family

Lin Jianjie

Compétition Sang Neuf

2025

Compétition Sang Neuf

Horaires

Wednesday 02 April

11:00

Salle 10
20:30

Salle 4

durée: 1h39

Thursday 03 April

18:00

Salle 4

Friday 04 April

17:30

Salle 6

A middle-class family’s fate becomes intertwined with their only son’s enigmatic new friend in post one-child policy China, putting unspoken secrets, unmet expectations, and untended emotions under the microscope.

Crew

Director

Lin Jianjie
Production

Lou Ying, Zheng Yue, Wang Yiwen, Zhou Ping & Rikke Tambo Anderson
Script

Lin Jianjie
Cinematography

Zhang Jiahao
Editing

Per K. Kirkegaard
Music

Toke Brorson Odin

Cast

Zu Feng
Guo Keyu
Sun Xilun
Lin Muran

Informations

Origins

China, France, Denmark & Qatar
Year

2024
Duration

1h39
Language

Mandarin with French subtitles

Distribution

Tandem

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Lin Jianjie

After obtaining a degree in bioinformatics, Lin Jianjie turned to cinema and studied at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. His short films A Visit (2015) and Gu (2017) were screened in several international festivals. Brief History of a Family is his first feature film.