The Days
Director Wang Xiaoshuai
Countries Hong Kong, China
Duration 73 min
Synopsis
Xiaodong and Xiaochun have graduated from an art academy in Beijing. Lovers since high school, they decide to stay at the academy as tutors, and to live in a small room in a hostel until the earnings from their paintings allow them to leave. Their relationship is slowly dying, as nothing seems to break its monotony. Prototypes of their generation, neither of them can admit that their love is coming to an end. Meanwhile, Xiaochun secretly prepares for her immigration to New York. After an abortion and a short vacation together in the northeast, Xiaodong learns of her scheme and breaks down. A few months later, he is sent to a hospital for having smashed all the glass in the hostel...
Xiaodong and Xiaochun have graduated from an art academy in Beijing. Lovers since high school, they decide to stay at the academy as tutors, and to live in a small room in a hostel until the earnings from their paintings allow them to leave. Their relationship is slowly dying, as nothing seems to break its monotony. Prototypes of their generation, neither of them can admit that their love is coming to an end. Meanwhile, Xiaochun secretly prepares for her immigration to New York. After an abortion and a short vacation together in the northeast, Xiaodong learns of her scheme and breaks down. A few months later, he is sent to a hospital for having smashed all the glass in the hostel...