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(Liu Jian, 2023, China, 119 minutes)

You can probably puzzle out the setting of this animated feature film by the information above: It’s set in an art school in China in 1994. The milieu is familiar to many of us, as the students debate the nature of art, passionately enthuse about their preferred aesthetic, and more. Our main character, Xiaojun (Dong Zijian), is obsessed with Kurt Cobain, and he comes of age alongside his perhaps more grounded best friend Rabbit (Chizi). Rounding out the voice cast we have recognizable names in small roles: Film Series favorite directors Bi Gan and Jia Zhangke turn up, as does frequent Jia star Wang Hongwei (Xiao Wu, Unknown Pleasures). Liu Jian, for his part, has seen his star rise among the ranks of Chinese animators after the international success of 2017’s Have a Nice Day.

In Mandarin with English subtitles.

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