Film

Qing chun (Ku)

(Youth (Hard Times))

Concorso Internazionale

France, Luxembourg, Netherlands · 2024 · DCP 2K · Color · 227' · o.v. Chinese

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Individual and collective stories unfold in Zhili's textile workshops, becoming more dramatic as the seasons go by. From atop a passageway, workers watch their boss beat up a supplier. In another workshop, the boss has taken off with all the money. The workers are alone, robbed of the fruits of their labor. After bitter negotiations, the workers return home to celebrate the New Year.
Most young people in China work hard to live. Wages are very low, days are endless, and there is almost no room left for rest. Chinese society has reduced their daily lives to work. Earning money has become the sole horizon.

Information

Director

WANG Bing

Producer

Sonia BUCHMAN, MAO Hui, Sonia BUCHMAN, Nicolas R. DE LA MOTHE, Vincent WANG

Co-producer

Gilles CHANIAL, Denis VASLIN, Fleur KNOPPERTS, WANG Jia, Qiao CUI

Executive producer

WANG Yang

Cinematography

SHAN Xiaohui, SONG Yang, DING Bihan, LIU Xianhui, Maeda YOSHITAKA, WANG Bing

Editing

Dominique AUVRAY, XU Bingyuan

Sound

Ranko PAUKOVIĆ

Co-production

Arte France Cinéma
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Les Films Fauves
www.lesfilmsfauves.com
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Volya Films
www.volyafilms.com

Eastern-Lion Pictures and Culture Media Co.
1052330501@qq.com

Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation
bcaf.org.cn/en
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Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains
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International sales

Pyramide International
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