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Brief History of a Family

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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.

Mandarin

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Zu Feng

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Guo Keyu

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Sun Xilun

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Lin Muran

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Lin Jianjie

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Lin Jianjie

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