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Our Shining Days

Original title: Shan guang shao nü
  • 2017
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
823
YOUR RATING
Our Shining Days (2017)
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A youth inspirational film, about how a group of high school students try to revive Chinese orchestra ensemble. They face many challenges along the way to compete nationally, including a riv... Read allA youth inspirational film, about how a group of high school students try to revive Chinese orchestra ensemble. They face many challenges along the way to compete nationally, including a rivalry with the more popular Western orchestra club.A youth inspirational film, about how a group of high school students try to revive Chinese orchestra ensemble. They face many challenges along the way to compete nationally, including a rivalry with the more popular Western orchestra club.

  • Director
    • Ran Wang
  • Writer
    • Jingjing Bao
  • Stars
    • Lulu Xu
    • Yuchang Peng
    • Mingjie Luo
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    823
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ran Wang
    • Writer
      • Jingjing Bao
    • Stars
      • Lulu Xu
      • Yuchang Peng
      • Mingjie Luo
    • 8User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 20 nominations total

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    Lulu Xu
    Lulu Xu
    • Chen Jing
    Yuchang Peng
    Yuchang Peng
    • Li You
    Mingjie Luo
    Mingjie Luo
    • Wang Wen
    Yongxi Liu
    Yongxi Liu
    • Xiaomai
    Eunice Han
    Eunice Han
    • Tata
    • (as Zhongyu Han)
    Zhaohua Lu
    Zhaohua Lu
    • Beibei
    Nuo Li
    Nuo Li
    • Sakura
    Yusi Chen
    Yusi Chen
    • Zheng Youen
    Eason Chan
    Eason Chan
    • Inspection Director
    Ni Yan
    Ni Yan
    • Chen Jing's Mother
    Le Geng
    Le Geng
    • Chen Jing's Father
    Jianyi Lu
    Jianyi Lu
    • Department head
    Kefa Cui
    Kefa Cui
    • Uncle Sun
    Sihong Le
    Sihong Le
    • Cello Student
    Yue Qin
    • Thousand Fingers' mother
    • Director
      • Ran Wang
    • Writer
      • Jingjing Bao
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews8

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    7Rifat_Sharna

    Our Shining Days (2017): A Refreshing Chinese Musical Teen-Comedy Movie

    If you liked Taiwanese hit teen-romance-comedy "Our Times (2015) & Japanese teen-musical film "Swing Girls (2004)" previously, this movie would be your cup of tea! Actually it's kinda blend of those two movies- if you look at our nerd heroine and then the plot about forming a traditional musical band of college students overcoming obstacles and prejudices, it will be so obvious. The plot is predictable and sometimes a bit cheesy too- you must know the outcome of clash between traditional Chinese music and western music in a Chinese movie! Yet, the movie's just refreshing- our heroine really did good job in portraying her comic and emotional character-thumbs up!And the other side characters were also well-acted, cinematography is well-done too- sometimes eye-soothing, even some animation works can be found within this movie. And about music section- you won't expect any better from college students and the scenes portraying rivalry & playing all those traditional and western instruments were done very realistically. So when you feel dull and dizzy in midst of monotonous life and cringe for some comic relief, a good-innocent teenage movie to enjoy at a stretch, just go for it! :)
    9landifarnsworth

    Fun, Funny, & Inspiring

    It's a show for teens but it's very well done and has a good message. Remember that it wasn't produced for a western audience, it's for an Eastern audience. That doesn't diminish it at all but I say that so you'll realize there are a lot of cultural differences, and that adds to it's charm. Highly recommended.
    8xenoknight

    Must see if you love music, funny & youth

    Very good movie and especially Chinese folk music in this movie is sooooo sooooo good. I'm fan of Zither sound and after watching movie, I rewinded to performances and listen again and again.

    Other things like high school friendship, funny, inspirational, giving knowledge about Chinese musical instruments.

    Only thing downside is few things in last performance (you'll see for yourself). Apart from that, this movie is very fun to watch.
    7bcampbell-258-911740

    A cute movie

    This movie is really cute. I really like how the romance played out as well; it was refreshing. Very funny.
    7the_doofy

    Worth the watch, not a LOT of traditional though

    It was really nice watching something with teen age girls that was not focused on rebellion, cussing, drugs and sex

    This movie has 2 focuses, one it does well, one it should have done better in

    The first focus is the respect and reverence that China has for its heritage, everyone in the world knows China has more of this than anywhere else, the movie did a pretty decent job of conveying this in terms of its musical heritage

    However, most of the music in this movie is modern, even to the point of covering up the training and practice sessions with ancient Chinese instruments in the movie with elevator music

    There was once when a harp and an ancient Chinese instrument were dueling, I could of listened to this for an hour, it was too brief. There was not much given to us in terms of real time music with these ancient Chinese instruments, even though that was the focus.

    MORE ancient Chinese cultural immersion please with the real instruments being played, and not a LOT of elevator music.

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    • Trivia
      Lulu Xu's debut.
    • Connections
      References One Piece (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Show Me!
      Performed by Our Shining Days concert band

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    • Release date
      • July 20, 2017 (China)
    • Country of origin
      • China
    • Official site
      • Sina Weibo
    • Language
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Shining Girl
    • Filming locations
      • Beijing, China
    • Production companies
      • A Fang Yuan Pictures
      • BDI Films Inc.
      • Edko Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,949,926
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 43m(103 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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