Brief History of a Family

After an incident at school, Tu Wei befriends the introverted Yan Shuo. One day, Wei takes his new friend home to play video games. Once at Wei's house, Shuo cannot believe his eyes: the house is clean, bright and beautifully decorated - Wei lacks nothing. Shuo is invited to join them for dinner, and at the table he tells them that things are a lot worse at his house; his mother is long dead, his father drinks too much and abuses him sometimes. Wei's mother feels pity, while his father sees in Shuo everything his own son lacks: interest, intelligence and discipline. Gradually, Shuo becomes the fourth member of the family, something Wei does not like at all. Is this bound to go wrong?

There is very good acting in this family drama written by director Lin Jianjie himself, but what stands out above all is the highly original and particularly aesthetic camera work. Add to that the soundtrack with classical piano music and loud techno and you get this rock-solid feature debut.