Increasing high as the biggest dark horse in the last few months, the school bullying (欺凌) -themed film Better Days (少年的你) has raked in nearly 700 million yuan ($99 million) since its release (发行) on Oct 25, 2019.
The film is from a popular online novel, it is about two teenagers whose fates (命运 ) are unexpectedly changed as the night before gaokao, the national college entrance exam comes.
Produced by Jojo Hui Yuet-chun, the film stars (担任主角) tress Zhou Dongyu and pop idol Jackson Yee (Yi Yang qianxi) , whose performances are praised online. Director
Tsang says he hopes the film can encourage deep thinking over some social problems and make people think about how to help those in trouble and build a better world for young people growing up. As a director in Hong Kong who knew little of gaokao, Tsang said he prepared to better understand it by producing the film. "We interviewed a lot of students and teachers. I really hope the film will remind them of their school days," Tsang said.
Better Days became the biggest winner by taking home eight awards out of 12 nominations (提名) , including the best film, best director, and best actress, at the 39th Hong Kong Film Awards on Wednesday May 6th.
