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Universal City, California, September 3, 2024 – Relive your adolescence in this year’s funny and heartwarming story in Focus Features’ Dìdi (弟弟). The film celebrated its World Premiere earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, where it took home both the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award and the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast. The film, which is currently Certified Fresh with a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score, is available for the first time exclusively on digital platforms to own or rent, and available to own on Blu-ray™ October 29, 2024 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Masterfully directed by Academy Award® nominee and first-time feature filmmaker Sean Wang (Nai Nai & Wài Pó), Dìdi (弟弟) stars Izaac Wang (Good Boys, Raya and the Last Dragon), Joan Chen (Judge Dredd), Shirley Chen (Quiz Lady), and Chang Li Hua (Nai Nai & Wài Pó).
In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy (Izaac Wang) learns what his family can't teach him: how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom.
EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURE TO OWN ONLY ON DIGITAL & BLU-RAYTM:
- The Making of Dìdi (弟弟) – Official Featurette. A behind the scenes look into the making of this unique coming-of-age story set in the early 2000s, with commentary by director, cast and crew.
For more information on Dìdi (弟弟), please visit:
UPHE Website: https://www.uphe.com/movies/dìdi-弟弟
Press Release: https://www.uphe.com/press-release/dìdi-弟弟-press-release
FOCUS Website: https://www.focusfeatures.com/didi
Trailer: https://uni.pictures/Didi_PVODTrailer
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FILMMAKERS:
Cast: Izaac Wang and Joan Chen
Casting By: Natalie Lin, Nafisa Kaptownwala
Costume Designer: Brianna Murphy
Music Supervisor: Toko Nagata and Jackie! Zhou
Sound Supervision and Mix: Andy Hay CAS
Composer: Giosuè Greco
Editor: Arielle Zakowski
Production Designer: Hanrui Wang
Director of Photography: Sam Davis
Co-Executive Producers: Lemar Vertel Scott and Tomás Whitmore
Executive Producers: Chris Quintos Cathcart, Tyler Boehm, Robina Riccitiello, Joan Chen, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Dave A. Liu, Jennifer J. Pritzker
Produced By: Carlos López Estrada p.g.a., Josh Peters p.g.a., Valerie Bush p.g.a., Sean Wang p.g.a.
Written and Directed By: Sean Wang
TECHNICAL INFORMATION BLU-RAYTM:
Street Date: October 29, 2024
UPC Number: 840418311295 (US & CDN)
Layers: BD 50
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 1.85:1 Widescreen
Rating: R for language throughout, sexual material, and drug and alcohol use – all involving teens.
Subtitles: English SDH, French Canadian, and Latin American Spanish
Languages/Sound: English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 for Feature, Dolby Digital 2.0 for Bonus Content)
Run Time: 01:33:14
ABOUT UNIVERSAL PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT:
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