SO LONG SUMMER VACATION 暑期何漫漫

China | Coming-of-age Youth Drama | 2021 | 97 minutes | in Mandarin w/English & Chinese subtitles

Director: Bo Ren (first time director's impressive debut work) 
Starring:  Tian Siyuan, Sun Bin, Ding Ji Ling, Mei Han

Film Source: Supporting marketing partner:  Smartcinemausa.com 

Synopsis:

Writer/Director Bo Ren:  "Summer vacation is exciting for most children, but endless loneliness for only children. Dealing with loneliness was a mandatory lesson for Chinese kids. Since the late 1970s, only children have grown up together with China. I believe family planning is not a distant memory and still impacts people’s lives. Nostalgic of the caring neighborhood, the integrity parents hold on to, and the disappearing hometown, I made this film with joy and a moved heart."

Review:

"It is a low key film and drama is kept to a minimum but it does look and feel like an accurate representation of the times and the acting by the three leads is very credible....Very watchable small film even if it does not do anything very original." dianyingblog.com 

This program is made possible by a generous support from the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Chicago.