A raw and raucous, funny and touching coming of age story – does Sundance still do those? – “Dìdi” brings some much-welcome buzz to a low-key Sundance Film Festival with the story of its title character, a 13-year-old Asian boy navigating life in Fresno, California.
Sean Wang’s debut feature, playing in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, is based on his own childhood in northern California and nimbly portrays the code switching life of an American-Taiwanese immigrant (played by Isaac Wang), who lives with his Chinese-speaking mother (Joan Chen), his sister (Shirley Chen) and Seam Wang’s actual grandmother, Nai Nai. (More on this later.)
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