YOUTH (SPRING)
Cannes, 2023
Documentary
212'
SYNOPSIS
Zhili, 150 km from Shanghai. In this city dedicated to textile manufacturing, young workers come from all the rural regions crossed by the Yangtze River. They are in their early twenties, share dormitories and snack in the corridors. They work tirelessly to be able one day to raise a child, buy a house or set up their own workshop. Between them, friendships and love affairs are made and unmade according to the seasons, bankruptcies and family pressures.
PEOPLE
Director
Wang Bing
Writer
Wang Bing
Main cast
n/a
Crew
DoP: Maeda Yoshitaka, Shan Xiaohui, Song Yang, Liu Xianhui, Ding Bihan, Wang Bing
Editor: Dominique Auvray
Xu Bingyuan
Liyo Gong
(Co-) Producers
Financiers
Producers: House on Fire, Gladys Glover Films, CS Productions
Co-producers: Volya Films, Arte France Cinéma, Les Films Fauves, Eastern-Lion Pictures and Culture Media, Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation, Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains
Eurimages, CNC - Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Netherlands Film Fund, Hubert Bals Fund Co-production, Scheme (NFF-HBF), Fondation du Judaïsme Français Fid Lab DMZ Docs, Film Fund Luxembourg
FESTIVALS
2023 Cannes Film Festival
2023 Melbourne International Film Festival
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