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Country/Region: Mainland China

Release Year: 2006

Story:

This film chronicles the final year of a graduating senior class at an ordinary high school in a Chinese county seat. The documentary is raw and unvarnished. Through its depiction of their final-year lives, it evokes not only the romance of doggedly striving for one's ideals, but also a lingering, suffocating sorrow—leaving the audience with a lump in their throat.

Casts & Crews:

Zhou Hao
Directors

Runtime: 95 minutes

Language: Mandarin, Hakka dialect

Subtitles: Chinese, English

iMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4276994

Douban: https://movie.douban.com/subject/1761854/

Festivals & Awards:
2006 Hong Kong International Film Festival - Humanitarian Awards for Best Documentary, China
2008 Paris Reel China Documentary Biennial - Jury Prize, France

Tags: #CollegeEntranceExamination #Institution #ComingOfAge

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Director‘s Statement:
In 2003, after wrapping up Houjie Township, Zhou Hao found himself with a brief gap in his schedule. He needed to shoot a quick, short-term project to prove his capability to his boss and colleagues. It was during this time that he saw Secondary School, a documentary by Hong Kong director Cheung Hung, and felt inspired. Zhou Hao initially hoped to film a documentary on the National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) at Huanggang High School in Hubei Province, but they turned him down. Later, introduced by his colleague Fang Sanwen, Zhou Hao went to Wuping No. 1 High School in Fujian Province, where his proposal received full support from both the principal and the teachers.