Bitter Rice

This film delves into the secretive realm of a Chinese juvenile reform school, revealing its strict regulations and severe penalties. Despite the harsh environment, it offers a compassionate portrayal of troubled teens, showing how love and friendship can endure. At Peach Reform School, discipline is enforced through extreme measures, shaping and challenging the humanity of its students.  

'Living together with the teens continuously over three years, my camera and myself became a tree hole, a safe haven for teens to release emotions and disclose highly sensitive issues. A film with vision, sensitivity, compelling characters and cinematic flair, but above all, with a vivid reflection of the social phenomena studied in Foucault's Discipline and Punish, and with a purpose to raise the issue of how can we save those troubled teens before they lose themselves in such a "disciplinary society"?' - JIANG Chunhua