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202025 minPGdocumentary

Four Fragments

202025 minPGdocumentary

Four clips capture life from 2010 to 2015, including daily activities at Datong Youzai Primary School and the transformation of Taixing Daxing.

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Four clips capture life from 2010 to 2015, including daily activities at Datong Youzai Primary School and the transformation of Taixing Daxing.

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Kuan Guodirector

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Datong Youzai Primary School's students engage in daily lessons in 2015. Footage from 2013 shows the civil engineering transformation of Taixing Daxing. Clips from 2010 to 2013 capture moments before graduation and the fleeting days of youth. A 2010 segment features time spent in a rental house during summer vacation. The film compiles these four fragments, reflecting on various aspects of life and change over five years.

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