Better Days (2019 film)
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| Chinese | 少年的你 |
| Literal meaning | The Youthful You |
| Hanyu Pinyin | shàonián de nǐ |
| Directed by | Derek Tsang |
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| Based on | In His Youth, In Her Beauty by Jiu Yuexi |
| Produced by | Xu Yuezhen |
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| Cinematography | Yu Jing-Pin |
| Edited by | Zhang Yibo |
| Music by | Varqa Buehrer |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
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| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | US$231.5 million |
Better Days (Chinese: 少年的你; Shao nian de ni) is a 2019 drama film directed by Derek Tsang and written by Lam Wing Sum, Li Yuan and Xu Yimeng. Based on the Chinese young adult novel In His Youth, In Her Beauty by Jiu Yuexi, the film stars Zhou Dongyu and Jackson Yee, and follows a high school girl struggling with severe bullying and the pressure of upcoming college entrance exams, whose life becomes intertwined with that of a teenage street thug.
Better Days was released on 25 October 2019 in China. One of the most highly anticipated Chinese films in 2019 due to its lead actors' immense popularity, the film became a pop culture phenomenon in China as well as a box office hit, grossing a total of US$230.1 million. It was also a critical success, and was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, as the official entry from Hong Kong.