Youth (Hard Times)

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Chinese青春：苦
Directed byWang Bing
Produced by
  • Sonia Buchman
  • Mao Hui
  • Nicolas R. de la Mothe
  • Vincent Wang
Cinematography
  • Shan Xiaohui
  • Song Yang
  • Ding Bihan
  • Liu Xianhui
  • Maeda Yoshitaka
  • Wang Bing
Youth (Hard Times)
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Chinese青春：苦
Directed byWang Bing
Produced by
  • Sonia Buchman
  • Mao Hui
  • Nicolas R. de la Mothe
  • Vincent Wang
Cinematography
  • Shan Xiaohui
  • Song Yang
  • Ding Bihan
  • Liu Xianhui
  • Maeda Yoshitaka
  • Wang Bing
Edited by
  • Dominique Auvray
  • Xu Bingyuan
  • Liyo Gong
Production
companies
  • House on Fire
  • Gladys Glover
  • CS Production
  • Arte France Cinéma
  • Les Films Fauves
  • Volya Films
  • Eastern-Lion Pictures and Culture Media Co.
  • Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation
  • Le Fresnoy
Release date
Running time
227 minutes
Countries
  • China
  • France
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
LanguageMandarin

Youth (Hard Times) (Chinese: 青春：苦; pinyin: qīng chūn ku) is a 2024 documentary film directed by Wang Bing. It is the second entry in the director's Youth trilogy, about young Chinese textile industry workers, after the 2023 documentary Youth (Spring).

The film had its world premiere at the International Competition of the 77th Locarno Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Leopard, and was awarded a Special Mention and the FIPRESCI Prize. It was followed by Youth (Homecoming), also released in 2024.

Tensions surface between workers and factory owners in multiple textile workshops in Zhili.[1]

Release

Youth (Hard Times) premiered on 13 August 2024 at the Locarno Film Festival.[1] The third and final installment in the trilogy, Youth (Homecoming), debuted at the 81st Venice International Film Festival in September 2024.[2]

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