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When it is time for the Chinese gaokao, a two-day national college entrance exam, the entire country comes to a standstill. For nearly ten million high school students, this exam not only determines where and if they get to study but the fates of their entire families as well. Like so many others, Nian has been single-mindedly preparing for the exam, cutting everything else out of her life. When she becomes the target of relentless bullying, fate brings her together with small-time criminal Bei and the two form a strong friendship. Before they can completely retreat into a world of their own, the two are dragged in the middle of a murder case of a teenage girl where they are the prime suspects. In this dramatic thriller, Derek Kwok-Cheung Tsang paints a bleak picture of an oppressive society, in the guise of a gripping fairy-tale love story, exposing the dark world of bullying and societal pressures of achievement facing today’s youth.
Original Release
10/25/2019
US Release
11/08/2019
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Dongyu Zhou | Chen Nian |
Jackson Yee | Xiao Bei |
Fang Yin | Zheng Yi / Hu Xiaodie |
Ye Zhou | Wei Lai |
Jue Huang | Lao Yang (Police Detective) |
Yifan Zhang | Hu Xiaodie |
Yao Zhang | Li Xiang / Zheng Ye |
Xinyi Zhang | Xu Miao |
Runnan Zhao | Da Kang |
Xuanming Gao | Lai Zi |
Directors
Writers
Yuan Li, Yimeng Xu, Jiuyue Xi, Wing-Sum Lam
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dongyu Zhou | Chen Nian |
Jackson Yee | Xiao Bei |
Fang Yin | Zheng Yi / Hu Xiaodie |
Ye Zhou | Wei Lai |
Jue Huang | Lao Yang (Police Detective) |
Yifan Zhang | Hu Xiaodie |
Yao Zhang | Li Xiang / Zheng Ye |
Xinyi Zhang | Xu Miao |
Runnan Zhao | Da Kang |
Xuanming Gao | Lai Zi |
Xintong Xie | Wang Li |
Ran Liu | Luo Ting |
Lüyun Heliao | Punk Gang Leader |
Bozhan Ju | Loan Shark |
Yingming Wang | Dean |
Weilong Li | Debtor |
Zhongyu Guo | Mobile Shop Owner |
Dian Liu | Mobster |
Hu Pang | Mobster |
Xueping Liu | Mobster |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Yuan Cai | Executive Producer |
Peter Ho-Sun Chan | Executive Producer |
Luyuan Fan | Executive Producer |
Ke Gao | Executive Producer |
Xiaoqiang Hou | Executive Producer |
Xiaodong Li | Executive Producer |
Rong Liu | Executive Producer |
Hong Qin | Executive Producer |
Haobo Shen | Executive Producer |
Lili Sun | Executive Producer |
Tianfu Xu | Executive Producer |
Peter Zheng | Executive Producer |
Shujie Zong | Executive Producer |
Ziyan Zong | Executive Producer |
Peter Chan | Executive Producer |
Wing-Sum Lam | Producer |
Xia Fan | Producer |
Ada Yeuk-Jing Foo | Producer |
Chia-Chen Hsu | Producer |
Jerry Li | Producer |
Zhai Li | Producer |
Ya-Ling Lin | Producer |
Baoqi Liu | Producer |
Matthew Liu | Producer |
Feiyan Nan | Producer |
Vivien Wang | Producer |
Zixi Wei | Producer |
Jing Zhao | Producer |
Yuet-Jan Hui | Producer |
Trailers
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2021 | Oscar | Best International Feature Film | Nominated |