Youth (2017)

Original title

芳华

Directed by

Feng Xiaogang

Genre

drama film

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

2h 16m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 113 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows a group of young people in a Chinese military arts troupe during the 1970s and 1980s. Their friendships and romances unfold against the backdrop of cultural change and political turmoil.

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What happens

Youth (Chinese: 芳华) is a 2017 Chinese period drama film directed by Feng Xiaogang and written by Geling Yan. The film is based on Yan's semi-autobiographical story You Touched Me. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It was scheduled to be released in China on October 1, 2017, but after previews in Beijing and other cities was pulled from the National Day schedule. It was released on 15 December 2017. Youth grossed over $235 million worldwide, becoming the sixth highest-grossing Chinese film of 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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