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Youth

Youth (Fang Hua)

2017

Feng Xiaogang

Yang Caiyu, Huang Xuan, Miao Miao, Li Xiaofeng, Wang Tianchen

6.8

55

Drama A look at the lives of members in a Military Cultural Troupe in the 1970s; each face their own trials and tribulations: from escaping a family scandal to dealing with unrequited love.

	Media	Author	Review
		Maggie Lee Variety	"This pivotal stage in life has never appeared as pure, beatific and cruel (...) The film serves as a paean to idealism and endurance, yet the word 'heart-breaking' comes to mind scene after scene"
		Allan Hunter Screendaily	"[It] is told with a combination of virtuoso filmmaking and unrelenting schmaltz (...) The film becomes increasingly sketchy and superficial"
		Clarence Tsui The Hollywood Reporter	"'Youth' is a whirl of grand, dramatic gestures (...) Huang's and Miao's nuanced turns vividly convey their characters' disorientation and anguish"
		Mark Jenkins The Washington Post	"[Feng Xiaogang snakes] his camera exuberantly though scenes that highlight colorful costumes, dynamic choreography and beautiful chorines (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Justin Chang Los Angeles Times	"Stirring (...) [A] simmering intensity of feeling (...) seems to underscore even the story’s most casual moments"
		Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"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."

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