Only the names, regions, eras and cultures change.

The pain, awkwardness, social ineptitude and random moments of bliss that is early adolescence?

(It opens this weekend in New York, and goes wide on August 16th.)

Izaac Wang stars as “Chris Wang” in writer/director Sean Wang’s DÌDI, a Focus Features release. 
Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features / Talking Fish Pictures, LLC. © 2024 All Rights Reserved.

Izaac Wang in ‘Didi.‘Talking Fish Pictures LLC/Focus Features

Hes sympathetic to what this 13-year-old went through to get to where he is now.

The kid doesnt quite see what shes going through.

It makes everything that much richer.