Check the label on that garment hanging in your closet.

Thousands of privately owned garment workshops stand ready to employ them, or perhaps we should say exploit them.

Its a shared bathroom situation drawback!

‘Youth (Spring)'

‘Youth (Spring)‘Arte France Cinéma

They eat meals on the fly out of throwaway containers.

Theres a lot horsing around, and the banter between the young women and men veers towards sexual subtext.

But, surprisingly, they wind up negotiating a possible marriage.

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‘Youth (Spring)‘Arte France Cinéma

Love, in this hardscrabble environment, seems to possess all the romance of a business transaction.

Economic pressures completely circumscribe the lives of the characters inYouth.

One scene underscores how the primacy of business interests impacts the lives of young people in the film.

The boss recommends the girl get an abortion to make matters easier.

So, you will get rid of the baby?

the boss asks the woman.

She replies meekly, Yes.

Youthadopts a neutral, observant posture towards its subjects.

InYouth, we see where Chinese capitalism has led to conditions that seem akin to Lowell, Mass.