Flavors of Youth (2018)
- Original title
- 肆式青春
- Directed by
- Yi Zhenxing
- Genre
- drama film, slice of life, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life
- Country
- People's Republic of China, Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 589 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
The film is an anthology of three short stories set in different Chinese cities. Each story follows a young person reflecting on their past through food, family, or fashion. The episodes explore memories of childhood, first love, and changing relationships with home.
nostalgicgentlebittersweetcontemplativeslice-of-lifeslow-pacedintimatewistfulgrounded
What happens
Flavors of Youth (Japanese: 詩季織々, romanized: shikioriori, lit. "From Season to Season"; Chinese: 肆式青春; pinyin: sì shì qīng chūn, Cantonese Jyutping: sei³ sik¹ cing¹ ceon¹, Shanghainese Wugniu: sy⁵ seq⁷ chin¹ tshen¹, lit. "Necessities of Life in Youth") is a 2018 anime/donghua anthology drama film directed by Li Haoling, Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing and Yoshitaka Takeuchi and produced by Noritaka Kawaguchi. A Japanese-Chinese co-production between CoMix Wave Films and Haoliners Animation League, it was released in Japan and in China on August 4, 2018, and globally on the same day by StudioCanal and Netflix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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