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Chen Sheng goes off in search of his nephew who has been abandoned by his father. Along the way, he encounters numerous people from his past and also those from his future.


“Make yourself at home.”
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.

Zu Feng
Tu Wei's Father

Guo Keyu
Tu Wei's Mother

Sun Xilun
Yan Shuo

Lin Muran
Tu Wei
Brief History of a Family is a drama, mystery, thriller film released in 2024. Directed by Lin Jianjie, it stars Zu Feng, Guo Keyu, Sun Xilun. 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.
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