Glamorous Youth (Philip Yung, 2009) [HK]

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Título: Glamorous Youth Título V.O: 明媚时光 / Ming mei shiguang Director: Philip Yung Año/País: 2009 / Hong Kong Duración: 133 minutos Género: Drama, CAT. III Reparto: Tai Bo, Nelson Yung Ga-Hin, Wong Lo-Yiu, Lee Ji-Haam, Hui Siu-Ying, Jason Pai Piao, Kwok Hiu-Fai Enlaces: Ficha de: spindizzy

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There’s a touch of graceful tranquillity to the banal story of Glamorous Youth, a surprisingly assured directorial debut by local film critic Philip Yung. Set in roughly a year’s time, in the run up to the tenth anniversary of the Handover, this realist drama offers an episodic portrait of a group of loosely connected people in the life of Hong (Nelson Yung), an ordinary student in his last year of high school.

While finding support from his literature teacher (Joey Leung), facing friction with his fickle girlfriend (Louise Wong), and getting a bit of both from his two closest buddies (Kwok Hiu-fai, Cameron Lau), Hong must also live with his increasingly estranged parents. Some of these characters lose themselves in carnal pursuits over the border; others are too confused with their lives to be pursuing anything at all.

Regularly casting its characters in shadow with some meticulously designed lighting, the film provides an understated portrayal of alienation and loneliness, while rejecting the notion that there’s inherent meaning in life. (The story’s passing references to Kafka’s 'The Metamorphosis' are far from subtle – yet aptly on point.)

Glamorous Youth is one of those rare slice-of-life dramas that actually resemble life: capricious, bittersweet, and filled with irony. As these characters drift through time in aimless trajectories, their quiet resignation is more devastating than any amount of melodrama can otherwise provide.

Edmund Lee / timeout.com.hk

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                             Ming mei shiguang (2009)                                                                       
                                                                                       
        Supplier.....: Team CoWRY           Ripper.......: Team CoWRY                   
        Release Date: 12/22/2010           DVD Date.....: 01/12/2011                   
        Video Codec.: XviD                 Video Bitrate: ~1335Kbps                     
        Resolution..: 608 x 336            Aspect Ratio.: 1.810:1                       
        Audio Codec.: MP3                  Audio Bitrate: ~128 Kbps ABR                 
        Language....: Cantonese            Subtitle.....: Cht | Eng                         
        Runtime.....: 132 Min              Frame Rate...: 23.976                       
        Source......: DVD5 R3              Grenre.......: Drama                                 
        File Size...: 2CD 700MB X 2        Rar Size.....: 100X15MB   

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[Desártico]

Caras bonitas, fotografía de postal, música atmosférica, es decir, un envoltorio de diseño chic. Ahora bien, ¿qué hay dentro de la caja? Banalidad, vacío, incoherencia, capricho. La película no sabe adónde va, si es que va a alguna parte, o al menos yo me he perdido desde el principio, falto de interés y de motivación. No hay mucho más que decir, me ha parecido bastante prescindible.