Farewell My Lad 再见,少年 China, 2020, colour, 2.35:1, 109 mins. Director: Yin Ruoxin 殷若昕. Rating: 5/10. Fairly conventional story of a high-school girl drawn to a bad-boy classmate lacks narrative drive and tension. STORY A police station in Yunnan province, southern China, 2017. Under arrest, Li Fei (Zhang Zifeng), 32, is interrogated by police (Dong … Continue reading Review: Farewell My Lad (2020) →
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