Probably the most successful Asian production of the last few years, after “Parasite”, “Better Days” dominated the Hong Kong Film Awards a few days before, winning 8 awards, including Best Film, Director, Actress, Cinematography and screenplay, on its way to a more than $225 million worldwide gross.
“Better Days” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival 2020
The script is adapted from the novel “In His Youth, In Her Beauty” by Jiu Yuexi, and tells the story of a student, Chen Nian, and her unlikely romantic interest Xiao Bei. The story is told in a flashback, and takes place close to the gaokao, a two-day national college entrance exam, when Jiu Yuexi and her classmates are preparing intently for an exam that nearly ten million high school students attend every year. Chen Nian, however, has a lot more to face. Her mother is a small-time, failed crook, with the two of them barely making a living,...
“Better Days” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival 2020
The script is adapted from the novel “In His Youth, In Her Beauty” by Jiu Yuexi, and tells the story of a student, Chen Nian, and her unlikely romantic interest Xiao Bei. The story is told in a flashback, and takes place close to the gaokao, a two-day national college entrance exam, when Jiu Yuexi and her classmates are preparing intently for an exam that nearly ten million high school students attend every year. Chen Nian, however, has a lot more to face. Her mother is a small-time, failed crook, with the two of them barely making a living,...
- 6/26/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Probably the most successful Asian production of the last few years, after “Parasite”, “Better Days” dominated the Hong Kong Film Awards a few days before, winning 8 awards, including Best Film, Director, Actress, Cinematography and screenplay, on its way to a more than $225 million worldwide gross.
The script is adapted from the novel “In His Youth, In Her Beauty” by Jiu Yuexi, and tells the story of a student, Chen Nian, and her unlikely romantic interest Xiao Bei. The story is told in a flashback, and takes place close to the gaokao, a two-day national college entrance exam, when Jiu Yuexi and her classmates are preparing intently for an exam that nearly ten million high school students attend every year. Chen Nian, however, has a lot more to face. Her mother is a small-time, failed crook, with the two of them barely making a living, while the people...
The script is adapted from the novel “In His Youth, In Her Beauty” by Jiu Yuexi, and tells the story of a student, Chen Nian, and her unlikely romantic interest Xiao Bei. The story is told in a flashback, and takes place close to the gaokao, a two-day national college entrance exam, when Jiu Yuexi and her classmates are preparing intently for an exam that nearly ten million high school students attend every year. Chen Nian, however, has a lot more to face. Her mother is a small-time, failed crook, with the two of them barely making a living, while the people...
- 5/16/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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