by Alex Billington
May 14, 2024
Source: YouTube
"Promise me you won't do anything stupid." Focus Features has unveiled the official trailer for Didi, the feature directorial debut of Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sean Wang (of the short Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó) - who is one of my favorite new filmmakers from 2024. I love this film! At its premiere in competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival it received critical & audience acclaim, winning both the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award & also the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast. "For anyone who's ever been a teenager." In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. A distinct coming-of-age story from Sean Wang. The film stars Izaac Wang as Chris "Didi" Wang, with Joan Chen, Shirley Chen, Chang Li Hua as Nai Nai, Mahaela Park, Raul Dial, Aaron Chang, Chiron Cillia Denk, Sunil Maurillo, and Montay Boseman. I wrote a glowing review of this film which is quoted in this trailer! And I couldn't be happier to support it and spread the good word. Enjoy.
Here's the first official trailer for Sean Wang's film Dìdi, direct from Focus Features' YouTube:
Dìdi (弟弟) is written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sean Wang. The film is set in 2008 in the Bay Area, and is a funny, irreverent, affecting 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, who's played by Izaac Wang (Good Boys, Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon). Dìdi (弟弟), also known as just Didi, is written and directed by acclaimed Taiwanese American filmmaker Sean Wang, making his feature directorial debut after a few short films, including the Academy Award-nominated short Nai Nai & Wài Pó from last year. Produced by Valerie Bush, Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters, and Sean Wang. This initially premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year (read our review), where it won the Audience Award. Focus Features will debut Dìdi in select US theaters on July 26th, 2024 this summer. Look good?