Young & Restless in China (DVD)
DIRECTED BY - Sue Williams
IndiePix Price: $23.95
RUNTIME - 104 minutes
YEAR - 2008
FORMAT - DVD Region 1
GENRES - documentary, coming of age, international
Film Info
Brief Text: China is a unique in contemporary history for retaining a communist-socialist political structure while trying to be a capatalist nation in economic terms. Sue Williams' riveting and poignant documentary tracks the lives of nine ambitious young Chinese professionals who are struggling to make it in this very tumultuous and rapidly changing society in the era of globalization.
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Press
"A stunning, sweeping look at a country amid a frenzied if thoroughly compromised process of self-reinvention."
- Los Angeles Times
"This absorbing documentary follows nine young Chinese over four years, giving viewers a rare perspective from inside what one budding business owner featured in the film calls 'the land of opportunity.' ..."
- USA Today
"Despite its soap-opera-inspired name, 'Young & Restless in China' ... is a quiet and intimate look at the struggle among members of the under-40 set to balance competing commitments to their jobs, their families, and themselves."
