The Audience Award winner and recipient of a special jury prize for best ensemble at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, “Dìdi,” Sean Wang’s debut feature, chronicles the life of a Taiwanese-American teenager named Chris (Izaac Wang) coming to terms with his identity as a child of immigrants. Engulfed by hormones and vulnerable to the pressures (social and otherwise) of adolescence, Chris is frequently a bit of a jerk; but never does his behavior stand in more stark relief from the kindness and understanding that he needs to navigate this challenging time in his life than when interacting with his compassionate, indefatigably patient mother Chungsing, played by Joan Chen.
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