2024
France / Luxemburg / Netherlands
Running time: 152 minutes
Format : color – 1.85 – Sound 5.1
Spoken languages : Mandarin
Credits
Image : SHAN Xiaohui, SONG Yang, DING Bihan, LIU Xianhui, Maeda YOSHITAKA, WANG Bing
Editing : Dominique AUVRAY, XU Bingyuan
Sound : Ranko PAUKOVIC
Producers : Sonia BUCHMAN, MAO Hui, Nicolas R. DE LA MOTHE, Vincent WANG (House on Fire, Gladys Glover & CS Production)
Festivals & Awards
Venice Film Festival - 2024
YOUTH (Homecoming)
JEUNESSE (Le retour)
a film by :Wang Bing
As New Year's break is coming, Zhili's textile workshops are almost deserted. The fewn remaining employees are desperate to be paid for their trip home. From the banks of the Yangtze River to the mountains of Yunnan, everyone will be celebrating the festivities in their hometown, and performing the rituals of prosperity among their families. For Shi Wei, it’s also the opportunity to get married, as it is for Fang Lingping.
Her husband, a former IT specialist, will have to follow her in Zhili after the ceremony. Learning is hard, but does not hinder the advent of a new generation of workers.