Young Babylon (2024)
Young Babylon, 少年巴比伦,
Status: Ongoing Network: Mango TV, Tencent Video Studio: Mango TV, Tencent Video Released: Apr 29, 2024 Duration: 45 Min. Season: 2024 Country: China Type: TV Episodes: 26 Censor: Censored Director: Ahmeow Lin Casts: Chen Yi Ge, Julia Xiang, Neo Hou, Sui Yuan, Yang Cai Yu, Zhang Song, Zhang Teng
Knowing nothing more than the working-class life he is born into, headstrong Lu Xiaolu reluctantly starts down the path he is expected to follow. At age nineteen in 1990s China, he feels pressure to follow suit with those around him and takes a job at the town’s saccharin factory. Slowly, he adjusts to the bureaucratic factory routine, making the best of the situation by bonding with coworkers, flirting with girls, and refusing to give in completely to the expectations of those around him.
As Lu Xiaolu finds his way, a startling portrait of an economically expanding China comes into view; the propaganda of a common goal gives way to a bottom-line system that he sees as indifferent to individual happiness. But thanks to the relationships he develops, Lu Xiaolu decides to fight for the life he wants.
As Lu Xiaolu finds his way, a startling portrait of an economically expanding China comes into view; the propaganda of a common goal gives way to a bottom-line system that he sees as indifferent to individual happiness. But thanks to the relationships he develops, Lu Xiaolu decides to fight for the life he wants.