Youth (Spring)

Zhili, 150 km from Shanghai. This garment manufacturing town draws throngs of young people from across the rural provinces bordering the Yangtze River. They are 20-year-olds, share dormitories, eat in corridors. They toil relentlessly hoping that one day they will be able to raise a child, buy a house or set up their own workshop. Between them, friendships and romances grow and unravel in line with the seasons, bankruptcies and family pressures.