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'Youth' is a 2017 Chinese coming-of-age drama film directed by Feng Xiaogang and written by Geling Yan. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It was scheduled to be released in China on October 1, 2017, but after previews in Beijing and other cities was pulled from the National Day schedule. It was released on 15 December 2017. It was the 6th highest-grossing domestic film of 2017 in China.

Synopsis



The film chronicles the lives of a group of idealistic adolescents in a military art troupe in the People's Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution. They experience love, lust, betrayal, and sufferings in the background of Mao-era songs and dances. Through the narration of Xiao Suizi, the film follows the story of two key characters, Feng Liu and Xiaoping He. Xiaoping He, a naive, and innocent new recruit from Beijing, and Feng Liu a morally impeccable character, whose comrades praise for being a real life Lei Feng. The pair also participate in the Sino-Vietnamese War in 1979 and become heroes for their act of courage.

Xiaoping He eventually becomes the target of her roommates bullying for her provincial naive mannerisms. A majority of the acts spearheaded by Hao Shuwen, the daughter of the regional commander.

After the war, they are honorably discharged from the Army but struggle to make ends meet in the Reform-era China while they learn lessons from soul-crashing experiences of love, lust, betrayal, and heartbreak.

Cast



*Huang Xuan () as Liu Feng ()

*Miao Miao () as He Xiaoping ()

*Zhong Chuxi () as Xiao Suizi ()

*Yang Caiyu () as Lin Dingding ()

*Li Xiaofeng () as Hao Shuwen ()

*Wang Tianchen () as Chen Can ()

*Wang Keru () as Xiao Balei ()

*Su Yan () as the dance teacher

*Zhao Lixin () as the commissar

*Sui Yuan () as Zhuoma ()

*Zhang Renbo () as Zhu Ke ()

* Zhou Fang () as the head nurse

* Xue Qi () as Secretary Wu ()

* Yang Shuo () as the military chief

* Tao Hai () as the Psychiatrist

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Category:2017 films

Category:Chinese coming-of-age drama films

Category:Films directed by Feng Xiaogang

Category:Films with screenplays by Geling Yan

Category:Huayi Brothers films

Category:Films about communism

Category:Films set in the 1970s

Category:Sino-Vietnamese War films

Category:2010s coming-of-age drama films

Category:Asian Film Award for Best Film winners

Category:2017 drama films

Category:2010s Mandarin-language films

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