Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival - Youth (Spring)

Presented By: CMU Department of Modern Languages

Sponsored By: The Documentary Salon

Original Title: qīng chūn

Duration: 212 minutes

Country: China

Language: Mandarin with English Subtitles

Director: Bing Wang

In Youth (Spring), the time and schedule of the working teenager is shattered and chaotic. Their bloom and decay occur simultaneously, as a paradox, while affection, friendship, and love are in a muddied state of daybreak and sunset. The sole remaining linear aspect of life is space itself: cluttered dormitories, cramped workstations, bleak small-town streets. Here we witness real people; we see them laughing and joking around, sometimes in groups, sometimes alone. It is almost a pity to watch the suffering in this film, because Wang Bing, in his cutting and folding of reality, tortures the viewer: from what perspective are you looking at these people, and from what perspective are you looking at yourself?

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