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A Silent Voice
Why this pick
Like Better Days, this is an unflinching yet compassionate look at school bullying, guilt, and a young person trying to survive its lasting consequences.
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MOVIE2019 2h 18m CHN
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Why this pick
A quietly immersive coming-of-age drama that shares Better Days’ sensitivity to adolescent loneliness, pressure, fragile friendship, and the need to be truly seen.
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The World of Us
Why this pick
This intimate Korean drama observes exclusion and shifting childhood alliances with the same emotional precision and compassion that make Better Days so affecting.
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Why this pick
For the tender bond at Better Days’ center, this offers a gentler but equally observant portrait of teenage uncertainty, unspoken feeling, and school-life pressure.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Nian has been single-mindedly preparing for the Chinese gaokao exam, cutting everything else out of her life. When she becomes the target of relentless bullying, fate brings her together with small-time criminal Bei and the two form a strong friendship. Before they can completely retreat into a world of their own, the two are dragged in the middle of a murder case of a teenage girl where they are the prime suspects.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Zhou Dongyu
Chen Nian
Jackson Yee
Xiao Bei
Yin Fang
Zheng Yi [Detective]