Where The Peach Is In Bloom is a rare inside look of a Chinese reform school where “bad kids” are disciplined. In a closely monitored institution where snitching is encouraged, how could love and friendship survive and thrive?
Where the Peach is in Bloom documents the lives of the children sent to a juvenile reform school. The pupils are suject to strict rules and punishment system and are encouraged to snitch. 11-year-old Wenjun is the youngest in the school. He craves power because he fears to be bullied. Leigong, head of students, has a crush on Chanjuan, when love affairs are strictly forbidden. Instructor Zhou falls in love with a girl while investigating students’ love affairs. In a place where snitching is encouraged, how could love and friendship survive and thrive?
影片聚焦一所以改造“壞孩子”為己任的工讀學校。導演跟隨四個少年在這個改造大熔爐中糾結、逃脫、偽裝、歸順。懵懂之中,罪與罰,友誼與愛情,忠誠與背叛,都在這個處處受到監視和舉報威脅的體制下交織上演。
這這個故事發生在專門改造「壞孩子」的男女分班的桃花工讀學校。 小男孩文俊,因害怕被霸凌而努力爬上班長的位階,卻發現一旦掌握了權力後,新的危機還是接踵而來;雷公與嬋娟談起了秘密戀愛,而該調查他們的周海教官在調查他們的過程中自己又陷入了地下戀情。 在這個舉報製度橫行的體制裡,他們每一步都過得小心翼翼。
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