Youth (Hard Times)

Name: Youth (Hard Times)
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 1, 2024
Duration: 227 min
Rating: 84

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Icarus Films | Release Date: November 1, 2024 | Not Rated

Summary: Individual and collective stories unfold in Zhili's textile workshops, becoming more dramatic as the seasons go by. From atop a passageway, workers watch their boss beat up a supplier. In another workshop, the boss has taken off with all the money. The workers are alone, robbed of the fruits of their labor. After bitter negotiations, theIndividual and collective stories unfold in Zhili's textile workshops, becoming more dramatic as the seasons go by. From atop a passageway, workers watch their boss beat up a supplier. In another workshop, the boss has taken off with all the money. The workers are alone, robbed of the fruits of their labor. After bitter negotiations, the workers return home to celebrate the New Year. [Locarno]… Expand

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 227 min

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Nicolas Rapold

Oct 31, 2024

Shot in a present-tense vérité style, it stitches together micro-stories into a larger narrative in which negotiation can’t undo exploitation. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Nov 1, 2024

This one stands out not only because it’s the fittingly agonizing climax to Wang’s trilogy but also for its sheer wealth of heartbreaking and totally convincing details. Read full review

IndieWire Josh Slater-Williams

Aug 15, 2024

“Hard Times” offers no radical change from the (quite deliberately) repetitive construction of “Spring,” but does feature subtle shifts in focus and certainly a lot more in the way of incident and splintering effects. Read full review

Katarina Docalovich

Sep 25, 2024

Hard Times is just as unflinching as Spring in its repetitive nature, but the second installment adds a dynamic approach to the material that was lacking in Spring. Read full review

Siddhant Adlakha

Aug 15, 2024

At nearly four hours in length, it surpasses even its gargantuan predecessor “Youth (Spring),” but it also uses that film as a platform for deeper exploration. Read full review

Jonathan Romney

Sep 4, 2024

Hard Times, as the name title suggests, is not an easy film to watch, nor is it intended to be. Read full review

Jake Cole

Sep 12, 2024

The second installment in Wang Bing’s trilogy of documentaries about garment workers similarly leans into durational extremes but eventually and sneakily reveals a broadened scope. Read full review

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