Youth
China – 2017
Director: Feng Xiaogang
Screenplay: Yan Geling
Runtime: 136’
Cast: Huagn Xuan, Miao Miao, Zhong Chuxi
Editing: Zhang Qi
Cinematography: Luo Pan
Sound: Wen Bo
Production: Zhe Jiang Dong Yang Mayla Media Co., Ltd
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Language: Chinese
Awards: Best Direction, Best Revelation (Beijing College Student Film Festival 2017), Best Revelation (Huading Awards 2017), Best Movie (China Film Director’s Guild Awards 2017), Best Movie (Asian Film Awards 2017), Best Movie, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Macau International Movie Festival 2017), Best Movie, Best Direction, Best Supporting Actress, Most Promising New Artist (Marianas International Film Festival 2017)
Synopsis:
The story of a corps de ballet of the Chinese Army, during the tormented years of the Cultural Revolution, narrated by the offscreen voice of Xiao Suizi, one of the members of the troupe who then became a writer. A celebration of youth lived out against the background of crucial historic events, this seventeenth film by the award-winning director was a massive public success in China.
In collaboration with Far East Film Festival