Better Days (2019 film)

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.

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.

Police detectives Zheng Ye and Lao Yang investigate Hu Xiaodie’s death and reveal that Chen Nian has reported being bullied.

With nowhere else to turn, she seeks refuge at Xiao Bei’s house and asks him to protect her while she studies for the college entrance exam.

After the first day of the two-day exam, the detectives question Chen Nian as the main suspect in Wei Lai’s murder.

They ask her why she didn’t come to them after the video of her was filmed; she states that she simply wants to take her exam and move away to Beijing for college.

When Chen Nian pushes her in anger after she persists, Wei Lai falls down the stairs, hitting her head and dying.

It was released by Well Go USA Entertainment in Mandarin with English subtitles in selected theaters in the United States and Canada.

[15] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 83 out of 100 based on 5 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".