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- 2017
- Not Rated
- China Lion Film Distribution
- 2 h 15 m
- 2017
- Not Rated
- China Lion Film Distribution
- 2 h 15 m
Summary A look at the lives of members in a Military Cultural Troupe in the 1970s.
Directed By: Xiaogang Feng
Written By: Geling Yan
- 2017
- Not Rated
- China Lion Film Distribution
- 2 h 15 m
- 2017
- Not Rated
- China Lion Film Distribution
- 2 h 15 m
Youth
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Summary A look at the lives of members in a Military Cultural Troupe in the 1970s.
Directed By: Xiaogang Feng
Written By: Geling Yan
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
69
75% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Feng employs traditional craftsmanship to draw a sweeping historical canvas with profound human upheavals that mirror virtues and flaws of the Chinese people, without ever losing sight of the personal experiences that he dramatizes with such acute sensuality.
Youth is a whirl of grand, dramatic gestures.
Youth is as sentimental as it is accomplished, but Xiaogang's mastery both of broad sweep and intimate detail proves an impressive feat.
If our understanding of the losses these characters have suffered feels incomplete, it’s hard to come away entirely unaffected as these men and women look back at their young adulthood and the whirlwind of historical change against which it played out.
As a straight, sentimental melodrama, Youth works well. While there are a lot of conventional tropes, the cast enacts them with such fresh, tenderhearted sincerity that they regain some power.
Galloping across the decades, the film becomes increasingly sketchy and superficial. There is so much detail and substance in the 1970s stretch of this epic that the twists of fate and rueful reflections of later years inevitably feel less authentic and closer to soap opera.
The filmmakers over-extend themselves to solicit empathy for their doomed protagonists. Youth is so unbearably nice that I eventually wished it were remade by misanthropes.
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Production Company
Huayi Brothers Pictures,
Alibaba Pictures Group,
August 1st Film Studio,
Beijing Culture,
Big Fish Interactive Technology,
Dadi Century,
Donghai Xuri Pictures,
Emei Film Group,
Entertainment Team Media Group,
Jackie & JJ Productions,
Sparkle Roll Media,
Up Pictures,
Zhejiang Dongyang Mayla Media,
iQIYI Motion Pictures
Release Date Dec 15, 2017
Duration 2 h 15 m
Rating Not Rated
Website
http://www.houka-youth.com/
Awards
Huading Award
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Macau International Movie Festival
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
Asian Film Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
