YOUTH (HARD TIMES)
by Wang Bing
synopsis
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.
| international title: | Youth (Hard Times) |
| original title: | Qing chun (Ku) |
| country: | France, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
| sales agent: | Pyramide International |
| year: | 2024 |
| genre: | documentary |
| directed by: | Wang Bing |
| film run: | 227' |
| release date: | FR 02/04/2025 |
| screenplay: | Wang Bing |
| cinematography by: | Shan Xiaohui, Song Yang, Ding Bihan, Liu Xianhui, Maeda Yoshitaka, Wang Bing |
| film editing: | Dominique Auvray |
| producer: | Sonia Buchman, Mao Hui, Nicolas Rogister de la Mothe, Vincent Wang |
| co-producer: | Gilles Chanial, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Wang Jia, Qiao Cui |
| executive producer: | Wang Yang |
| production: | House on Fire, Gladys Glover, CS Production, ARTE France Cinéma, Les Films Fauves, Volya Films, Le Fresnoy, Eastern-Lion Pictures and Culture Media Co., Ltd (CN), Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation (CN) |
| distributor: | Les Acacias |
