Chinese Cinema release
Youth (Hard Times)
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The picture
In this enveloping second part of the Youth trilogy, shot between 2015 and 2019, Wang Bing deepens his vérité portrait of a generation struggling to survive on meager wages amidst a nation’s economic expansion, emphasizing the distrustful, increasingly combative relationship between workers and management.
- Released
- 2 April 2025
- Runtime
- 3h 47m
- Language
- Mandarin
- Industry
- Chinese Cinema
Made by
- Director
- Wang Bing
- Director of Photography
- Shan Xiaohui
- Producer
- Mao Hui, Sonia Buchman, Vincent Wang, Nicolas de la Mothe
Filed under
Documentary