Youth (Spring)
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Youth (Spring)

6.8 / 10 2023 3h 32mNR Chinese
Documentary

Storyline

This film was shot between 2014 and 2019 in the town of Zhili, a district of Huzhou City in Zhejiang province, China. Zhili is home to over 18,000 privately-run workshops producing children's clothes, mostly for the domestic market, but some also for export. The workshops employ around 300,000 migrant workers, chiefly from the rural provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan and Jiangsu.

Cast & Crew

HZ

Hu Zuguo

Self

Lead
LS

Li Shengnan

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Wang Bing's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Youth (Spring) is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker