A group of children from poor families from all over China gather at a baseball camp in Beijing. They live and train together, hoping to change their life through (play) baseball.
This is the story of the film Tough Out(《棒！少年》). It came out on December 11, 2020 and it is one of this (year) best films with a score of 8.7 out of 10 on Douban.
These children are being helped by Power Baseball Angels, a charity(慈善) programme launched in 2015 by Sun Lingfeng, former captain of China's national men's baseball team.
"Baseball changed my personality, teaching me rules and how (live) life. Without it, I would have probably become a bad boy," Sun told China Daily. Sun wants to help poor children in same way.
Ma Hu is one of the stars of the film. He (raise) by his grandmother in a poor village. He often fights others and almost never follows the rules at first. But with the guidance of his coaches, he learns to comfort his teammates instead when they lose a game. "I behaved (bad) back then," Ma said. "I'm not like that anymore. My goal is to become a member of the national team in the future."
The film hopes to draw attention to the 40 million children who live in poor (condition) in China. Just like Ma, many of the kids in the movie are left-behind children. They don't have much money, education parents' care. How can these (problem) be solved? The baseball charity programme is offering hope to these kids.
