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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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