The film depicts the growth process of a boy named Shitou and his good friend MAO Di from the age of nine to thirty-seven. The entire film is divided [Expand All]
The film depicts the growth process of a boy named Shitou and his good friend MAO Di from the age of nine to thirty-seven. The entire film is divided into four stages. Through Shitou's perspective, four women are seen, including the poor girl Lin Laohuo whose father was once imprisoned for communicating with the mainland and reading banned books. Huang Wenyi, a melancholy girl born into an official family; Blue eye cream that dreams of going to the United States for a lifetime; And there is the trendy and open-minded red-clothed girl Sunny. The misfortune of this woman reflects the appearance of four stages of society. Long Live the Children (1989) was nominated for Best Film at the Golden Horse Awards[Collapse]