Synopsis
Wang Bing concludes his monumental Youth trilogy in expansive fashion, giving ever wider scope to the lives of migrant workers in Zhili’s textile factories as they plan to go to their remote hometowns to visit their families and celebrate the festivities for New Year’s break.
Youth (Hard Times) (2025) is a 3h 47min documentary feature film by Wang Bing. In this enveloping second part of the Youth trilogy, shot between 2015 and 2019, Wang Bing deepens his vérité portr...
Key facts
Original language
Mandarin
First release
July 9, 2025
Trailer
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Festival History
- CPH:DOX 2025 generic
- Hong Kong International Film Festival 2025 generic - Masters and Auteurs: The Masters
- International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025 generic
- Melbourne International Film Festival 2025 generic - Feature
- Busan International Film Festival 2024 generic - Icons
- Hong Kong International Film Festival 2024 generic - Masters and Auteurs: The Masters
- Locarno International Film Festival 2024 generic
- New York Film Festival 2024 generic - Main Slate
- Toronto International Film Festival 2024 generic
- Venice Film Festival 2024 generic
- Cannes Film Festival 2023 generic
- Los Angeles Film Awards 2023
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2023 generic - Competencia Estados Alterados
- Melbourne International Film Festival 2023 generic - Feature
- New York Film Festival 2023 generic - Main Slate
- São Paulo International Film Festival 2023 generic
- Toronto International Film Festival 2023 generic
Identifiers & sources
| Wikidata | Q127786431 |
| IMDb | tt33029373 |
| TMDB | 1319196 |
