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Better Days

2019

R

2 h 15 m

China

Crime

Drama

Romance

A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, all while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.
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7.6 /10

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Derek Tsang
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Dongyu Zhou
Chen Nian
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Jackson Yee
Xiao Bei
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Fang Yin
Zheng Yi
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Ye Zhou
Wei Lai
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Yue Wu
Chen Nian's Mother
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Jue Huang
Lao Yang (Police Detective)
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Yifan Zhang
Hu Xiaodie
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Yao Zhang
Li Xiang
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Xinyi Zhang
Xu Miao
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Runnan Zhao
Da Kang
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Xuanming Gao
Lai Zi
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Xintong Xie
Wang Li
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Ran Liu
Luo Ting
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Lüyun Heliao
Punk Gang Leader
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Bozhan Ju
Loan Shark
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Yingming Wang
Dean
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Weilong Li
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Zhongyu Guo
Mobile Shop Owner
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Yuan Li
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Yimeng Xu
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Wing-Sum Lam
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ᥫ᭡፝֟፝֟SilA....⫍ ⃢👁ܫ👁⃢ ⫎

04/06/2026 12:20
amazing 🥹
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ᥫ᭡፝֟፝֟SilA....⫍ ⃢👁ܫ👁⃢ ⫎

04/06/2026 09:49
Hindi dubbing please
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Anuraj Kumar

06/02/2026 15:40
what a great film
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GG

30/10/2025 20:14
this movie is amazing. It's just too good ,the acting the story everything is on point
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miko_mikee

22/12/2024 10:29
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famille

29/03/2023 12:01
source: Better Days
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Fatimaezzahraazedine

29/03/2023 12:01
Young runaway thug meets little bullied student. Now, you may be thinking: cliche, cliche, cliche. Well, it may look that way, at first sight. But, matter of fact, the end result is - on the other hand, and by all means - utterly surprising and especially convincing. Never trite, never simplistic, never needlessly tear-jerking, never rhetorical (with the sole exception of the finale, but we'll get there...). An almost-masterpiece of social conscious drama. Even though - you know, because of the all-encompassing censorship - the movie has to proceed by "suggesting" and "implying", it still manages to convey an interesting point, in a manner which is never - I repeat, never - dull or silly. The movie manages to picture a complex everyday reality for an ever-to-large number of students, to picture an oppressing and uncompromising environment, full of every kind of pressure: scholastic, familiar, societal... Competition at all costs and unrestrained pursue of academic excellence are matched by a society which generally entails full-blown individual oppression. In such a context, there's little room left for hope and little hope left in the possibility of changing things for the better. Edge-of-your-seat gripping and memorable, "Better Days" crawls you in to never let you go, and as I said it compels you to see and investigate, and not ignore (which is always too easy to do). You will see with your own eyes what it means to grow up in a strictly hierarchical society, where you are from a very young age "put into the right pace" and "educated" to the most complete abnegation and the most fatalistic acceptance. Compelled to always be on-the-top-of-your-game, compelled to never fail, never slow down. Because failing is not an option, failing just one test may complete ruin your future existence. Of course, there's consequentially no time for compassion, no time for any kind of distraction, no time to really socialize (and empathize), no time to play, no time to fool around. You must be always perfect. Perfect. Again: at all costs. I mean, the unbearable pressure which Asian's students have always be subjected to reaches almost paroxysmal levels (for another example of this state of things, I'd strongly suggest you also give a chance to the chilling Korean movie "Pluto", 2012). By suggesting and implying "Better Days" seems to have been able to elude censorship to some degree. Yes, the finale is clearly false: the last ten minutes or so have most probably been added because of censorship. But - almost incredibly - this finale doesn't really ruin the good work done in the two hours plus before it. Because it's very critical and very hard-hitting, and not by any chance consolatory or reassuring or uplifting, with all due respect to the propaganda agency. So, in the end, to sum it all up I would say that the movie doesn't make any new point and doesn't really cover any new ground, but it's able to face its topical subject matter with assurance and ability, and great technical gift, as made clear by the excellent directing, the dark gloomy cinematography and great acting (the two protagonists really have a unique chemistry). "Better Days" is a great movie. Realistic, poignant and thought-provoking. A little gem. Don't miss it.
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Prisca

29/03/2023 12:01
With the debut of Yee on cinema, this film is generally a nice attempt for Chinese films based on school-bullying theme. While the original novel from which this film recomposed is suffering from deputes, saying it has plagiarised both the Japanese original novel and the cover of CMBYN.
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user8467114259813

29/03/2023 12:01
For watching the whole movie, if there is no idea about the various illegal acts, let me say: It is definitely a very dangerous thing. But when you see illegal activities and think about what to do, you can make people like the protagonists have a better life, build laws that protect them, and find ways to make them grow and live healthily and healthily. I feel that it is a major focus of the whole movie.
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Ruth Adinga

29/03/2023 12:01
It moved us deeply because the performance of the character is elegant.When you watch this movie, you can think of something with the characters and think about yourself.
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