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SUCCESSOR
(抓娃娃)
YEAR OF THE SNAKE SCREENING
China | Comedy/Drama | 2024 | 133 mins.
In Mandarin w/ English subtitles
DIRECTOR: Yan Fei, Peng Damo
STARRING: Shen Teng, Ma Li
SYNOPSIS:
Shen and Ma play a high-powered couple that own a successful business and are determined to groom their son Ji-ye to take over the company. Worried that he will turn into a useless rich kid, they decide to raise him in something resembling poverty so that Ji-ye could develop qualities such as hard work, knowledge, careful budgeting, physical fitness, and perseverance.
Directed by Fei Yan and Da-Mo Peng and co-stars Shen Teng and Ma Li — the comedic duo behind previous smash hits “Goodbye, Mr. Loser” (2015) and “Hello, Mr. Billionaire” (2018), “the film has also touched a nerve in China with its tale of wealthy, controlling “tiger parents” (or helicopter parents in America) that fuses elements of the hit HBO show “Succession” with the 1998 comedy feature “The Truman Show”- Sixthtone.com
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Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025
2:00 p.m.
Doors open 30 minutes before screening.
Chicago Cultural Center
(Claudia Cassidy Theater)
78 E Washington Street, Chicago
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SPECIAL THANKS
This screening is co-presented with The Chicago Film Office of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and sponsored by the Consulate General of The People's Republic of China in Chicago.
