Brief History Of A Family15
In post-one-child policy China, a middle-class family welcomes their only son’s enigmatic new friend into their home. What begins as an act of kindness soon unearths long-buried tensions, as hidden secrets and unspoken emotions rise to the surface, challenging the family’s delicate balance. Lin Jianjie’s striking debut transforms a seemingly ordinary family drama into a gripping, unsettling psychological thriller, one that reflects the contradictions of modern life with chilling precision.
Reviews
‘It’s so exquisitely balanced that it’s able to keep reconfiguring itself with the merest breeze into a whole new arrangement of shapes that’s just as pleasing and abstract as the last.’
★★★★★
Leslie Felperin, The Guardian
Sorry - you missed it!
We showed Brief History Of A Family between April 28, 2025 and May 1, 2025.
Join our mailing list and we'll make sure you always know what's on and when.
What else is on?
Today (Wednesday 16th July)
15:45
28 Years Later 15
18:15
Tornado 15
1h 31m20:30
28 Years Later 15
1h 55mTomorrow (Thursday 17th July)
15:15
The Way We Talk 12A
2h 12m | Hong Kong Sign Language, Cantonese w/ English and Chinese subtitles18:00
28 Years Later 15
1h 55m
20:30
Amour 12A
2h 7m | French w/ English subtitlesPlan your visit
Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road. We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We don’t show adverts, just a couple of trailers, so don't be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!