In Zhili, a city devoted to the garment industry, 100 miles away from Shanghai, young people converge from rural areas to find a job in the workshops that manufacture the clothes we all wear. They are in their early twenties, they share dormitories, snack in corridors and work relentlessly. They engage in friendships and romantic relationships and break up just easily, according to seasons, bankruptcies and family pressures.
A major documentary presented in Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival.
Crédits
Image
Maeda Yoshitaka, Shan Xiaohui, Song Yang, Liu Xianhui, Ding Bihan, Wang Bing
Editing
Dominique Auvray, Xu Bingyuan, Liyo Gong
Sound
Ranko Paukovic
Production
House On Fire, Gladys Glover & Cs Production
Wang BING
Born in 1967
Born in 1967 in Xi’an, Wang Bing is one of the most prominent Chinese filmmakers today. He made his breakthrough in 2003 with West of the Tracks and won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival for Mrs Fang in 2017. One year later, Dead Souls was presented out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival and Youth (Spring) was included in the Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection in 2023.
Contact
Distribution : Les Acacias
Séances
Cinéma Le Royal Salle n°2
Screening with Q&A - in the presence of the director