2017 top hit movie in China,"Youth" controversial story about, cultural revolution, Sino Vietnam war and social injustice
The movie is about a bunch of young people in PLA dance troupe, their parents were sent far away in labor camps and many of them hadn't seen their parents since childhood, Xiaoping's (female lead in the movie) father died in the camp while waiting for the release . Liu feng (male lead) was wronged , locked up and tortured and was sent to the Sino Vietnam war front to fight just for confessing love to one of the dancers. Xiaoping was also punished and sent to the war front to work as a nurse for refusing to perform a dance.
In the war liu Feng lost an arm and Xiaoping lost her sanity seeing too much blood and deaths around the clock.
They both retired from PLA then the time enters 1990's when China suddenly turned into a money worshipping society, people with parents working in high positions and having good connections quickly get filthy rich and retired war heros like Liufeng ended up in the lowest class in the society working as a rickshaw rider struggling to meet basic needs for a living. Liufeng was routinely bullied by the officials on the street and the whole society forgot about the war heros who gave up everything for the country.
The movie is about a bunch of young people in PLA dance troupe, their parents were sent far away in labor camps and many of them hadn't seen their parents since childhood, Xiaoping's (female lead in the movie) father died in the camp while waiting for the release . Liu feng (male lead) was wronged , locked up and tortured and was sent to the Sino Vietnam war front to fight just for confessing love to one of the dancers. Xiaoping was also punished and sent to the war front to work as a nurse for refusing to perform a dance.
In the war liu Feng lost an arm and Xiaoping lost her sanity seeing too much blood and deaths around the clock.
They both retired from PLA then the time enters 1990's when China suddenly turned into a money worshipping society, people with parents working in high positions and having good connections quickly get filthy rich and retired war heros like Liufeng ended up in the lowest class in the society working as a rickshaw rider struggling to meet basic needs for a living. Liufeng was routinely bullied by the officials on the street and the whole society forgot about the war heros who gave up everything for the country.