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Mar 22, 2021 · Focusing on a teenage girl’s story, the narrative tries to capture various related problems, teenagers face each day but are too afraid to discuss them. It piles up in the form of anger, angst, and sorrow. The film is based on the Chinese coming-of-age novel, In His Youth, In Her Beauty, by Jiu Yuexi. Directed by Derek Tsang, the film Better ...
Dec 2, 2019 · The young English teacher looks wistful as she says this, but in Derek Kwok Cheung Tsang ‘s gripping, superbly performed melodrama — a deeply moving if occasionally overwrought exposé of ...
Apr 18, 2021 · Hong Kong director Derek Tsang’s harrowing youth drama Better Days is the rare Oscar best international film nominee that was both critically acclaimed and a massive commercial hit. Released in ...
Dec 6, 2020 · Victim (s) is Layla Zhuqing Ji’s debut feature-length film and is based on real events. The film recounts the events leading to the death of Gangzi (Kahoe Hon) and all accusations pointing to his classmate Chen (Xianjun Fu). Better Days unfolds in chronological fashion and follows the countdown to the Gaokao (National College Entrance Exam in ...
- A Stirring Portrait of Bullying
- An Ill-Starred Romance & A Barbaric Murder
- Conclusion: Better Days Deserves An Audience
The film begins with a calculated suicide, orchestrated by a reserved student named Hu. We get a fleeting glimpse of her character carrying milk jugs with our protagonist, wearing a dejected face that shows her ceaseless fray for survival is ultimately over. Minutes later, Hu leaps off the school’s second story, accepting the unknown than enduring ...
It isn’t until Xiao Bei enters Chen Nian’s life that she experiences a sense of safety — and before we know it, two broken souls conflate into a doomed romance. With a thin forelock, a mysterious mien and a hairband that keeps his hair brushed back neatly, Jackson Yee reifies a beguiling persona taken straight out of a swoony rom-com (but his inwar...
Better Days is a mostly earnest drama that plods through bullying, academic stress, murder and tragedy, retaining a fittingly bleak and dolorous tone. The editing is a bit hurried, especially when the quieter scenes between Chen and Xiao need more screentime to garner more impact. With all of the topics being cultivated in this 2-hour venture, it c...
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Apr 25, 2021 · By Carolyn Hinds • 04/25/21 12:25pm. Director Derek Tsang arrives at the red carpet of the 4th International Film Festival & Awards in Macao, China. VCG via Getty Images. With his Hong Kong ...
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Nov 5, 2019 · N“Better Days”: Drama. Starring Jackson Yee and Zhou Dongyu. Directed by Derek Tsang. In Chinese, with subtitles. Theaters and showtimes. (Not rated. 135 minutes) Cary Darling. Cary Darling Cary Darling is the arts and entertainment editor at the Houston Chronicle. Derek Tsang’s film is a heartbreaking tale of bullying and suicide in a ...
