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‘Youth (Hard Times)’ Review: Wang Bing’s Labor Documentary Sequel Disorients With a Purpose

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Siddhant Adlakha Just when it seems like Wang Bing‘s textile documentaries might run out of observations, the Chinese filmmaker’s “Youth (Hard Times)” — the second in his planned trilogy — presents the passage of time in unforeseen ways.

His narrative, about young workers’ growing frustrations in Zhili (a district of Huzhou City), is built obliquely but precisely, covering a variety of human subjects whose lives don’t often overlap, but who are bound by common circumstances.

At nearly four hours in length, it surpasses even its gargantuan predecessor “Youth (Spring),” but it also uses that film as a platform for deeper exploration.

Garment labor in the wake of China’s textile boom has long been a fixation for Wang, whose 2016 doc “Bitter Money” follows migrant worker struggles, and whose subsequent museum installation “15 Hours” unfolds in a clothing factory over a single, 900-minute take. “Youth (Spring),” which kicked off his new trilogy at Cannes last year, is closer in style and substance to the latter, with its insistence on making viewers feel the lengthy passage of time. “Youth (Hard Times),” which premiered in competition at Locarno, feels more pointed and purposeful, both in its scope and its techniques.

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