The Family is a dark comedy directed by Luc Besson, a French director who has achieved
international success mainly due to his knack for Hollywood - style action flicks like La Femme Nikita, The Professional, and The Fifth Element.
These young artists,
mainly born in the 1960s and 1970s — for example Cao Fei, Jiang Zhi, Jin Jiangbo, Lu Chunsheng, Shi Yong, Weng Fen, Xu Zhen, Yang Fudong, Yang Zhenzhong, Zheng Guogu and others — not only gained immediate recognition in the Chinese art scene but also garnered
success on an
international level rather quickly.