Flavours of Youth (Si shi qing chun) [Sub: Eng]
The film presents three different stories tells about the touchy part in the mankind. A Breakfast of Sunflowers relates the story of that adolescent who works in Beijing and misses the nourishment he used to eat in the place where he grew up. The second story features on a young lady who finds a troublesome in drawing nearer of her sister. Also, the last one Shanghai Love, is an homage to 5 Centimeters Per Second set in 1990s.
17 September 1991, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
13 February 1988, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 May 1989, Changsha, China
11 July 1987, Norwalk, California, USA
7 September 1987, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
9 February 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA
20 September 1974, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
16 March 1977, Yamaguchi, Japan
13 March 1962, Los Angeles County, California, USA
August 01, 2018
While supporting young directors and international co-production are both admirable pursuits, I wonder how many viewers will be satisfied with the flavor of these somewhat under-baked shorts.
August 02, 2018
A sensitively handled triptych exploring the bittersweet understanding adulthood necessitates when confronting the fragility of childhood affections.

