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International Independent Film Festival
Geneva
17– 26.01.2025
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Jeunesse (Les Tourments)

Wang Bing
Textile chronicle II
China, France
2024
223'
DCP
English subtitles
To Be Followed…

The second part of Wang Bing's Youth trilogy: a gripping look at the individual stories of young workers in Zhili's textile workshops, where some 300,000 people are employed and face tense financial pressures.
Fu Yun makes too many sewing mistakes and has to start again if he wants to get paid, Xu Wanxiang is desperately looking for his workbook, a group of workers watch their indebted boss beat up a supplier, a boss has run off with all the money, leaving his employees in the lurch... These are tense times for these workers, who are paid by the piece day in, day out.

Negotiations, palaver and threats punctuate their working days, where no guarantees or protection are provided. But Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and the young people are preparing to return to their families for a few weeks. A blunt dive into a global reality of which we are the beneficiaries, living in a part of the world where fast fashion is consumed daily.

The third part of the trilogy Youth (Le retour)) is also scheduled. The Le futur de la mode round table (to be held on Thursday 23 at 18:30) as well as a unique Conversation with Wang Bing (to be held on Saturday 25 at 17:00) accompany the two film parts presented here.

Jeunesse (Le Printemps) (BM24), Les âmes mortes (BM19), Mrs. Fang (BM18), Ta’ang (BM17), A l’ouest des rails – Rails (BM15), A l’ouest des rails – Rouille I (BM15), A l’ouest des rails – Rouille II (BM15), A l’ouest des rails – Vestiges (BM15), Crude Oil (BM15), L’argent du charbon (BM15), L’homme sans nom (BM15), Traces (BM15), Til Madness Do Us Part (BM15), Alone (BM13), West of Tracks (BM04).



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Ticketing

Exclusive interview with the director available on Black TV

Grütli Langlois
23.01.202518:30panier
Spoutnik
26.01.202517:00panier