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'''''Better Days''''' ({{zh|c=少年的你}}; [[Romanized]] as ''' ''Shao nian de ni'')''' is a 2019 Chinese drama film directed by [[Derek Tsang]] and written by Lam Wing Sum, Li Yuan and Xu Yimeng.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Kilian O’Donnell |author2=David Paulk |url=https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1004185/long-delayed-film-better-days-gets-surprise-release-in-china |title=Long-Delayed Film 'Better Days' Gets Surprise Release in China |work=sixthtone.com |date=24 October 2019 |access-date=19 November 2019 |archive-date=17 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117201059/https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1004185/long-delayed-film-better-days-gets-surprise-release-in-china |url-status=live }}</ref> Based on the Chinese [[Young adult fiction|young adult]] novel ''In His Youth, In Her Beauty'' ({{lang|zh-Hans|少年的你，如此美丽}}; literally "The Youthful You, So Beautiful") by Jiu Yuexi, the film stars [[Zhou Dongyu]] (Chinese: 周冬雨) and [[Jackson Yee]] (Chinese: 易烊千玺), and follows a high school girl struggling with severe [[bullying]] and the pressure of upcoming [[Gaokao|college entrance exams]], whose life becomes intertwined with that of a teenage street thug.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Rebecca Davis |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/better-days-derek-tsang-maleficent-mistress-of-evil-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1203385293/ |title=China Box Office: 'Better Days' Steps Out as World's Top-Grossing Film |work=variety.com |date=28 October 2019 |access-date=19 November 2019 |archive-date=5 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105073244/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/better-days-derek-tsang-maleficent-mistress-of-evil-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-1203385293/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
''Better Days'' was released on 25 October 2019 in China and on 8 November 2019 in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada. One of the most highly anticipated Chinese films in 2019 due to its leads Zhou Dongyu and Jackson Yee's immense popularity, the film became a pop culture phenomenon in China as well as a box office hit, grossing a total of US$230.1 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://new.qq.com/omn/20191025/20191025A0QZ4B00.html|title = 累计票房已过1.3亿，《少年的你》锁定年度最佳"青春片"？_腾讯新闻}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://k.sina.com.cn/article_5985890044_164c96efc01900kgaf.html|title = 《少年的你》撤档，数百万易烊千玺粉丝包场票房怎么办？|date = 27 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.mtime.com/2019/11/25/1599240.html|title=周冬雨《少年的你》密钥延期至12月8日 票房已破15亿元 2019票房榜国产片第八名 – Mtime时光网|website=news.mtime.com|access-date=2020-02-02|archive-date=2020-12-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211221129/http://news.mtime.com/2019/11/25/1599240.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> A critical success, the film was chosen as the [[List of Hong Kong submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|official entry for Hong Kong]] for [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Best International Feature Film]] at the [[93rd Academy Awards]]; it became the third Hong Kong entry in history to achieve the nomination (27 years after ''[[Farewell My Concubine (film)|Farewell My Concubine]]'', the second), and was the first nominated entry directed by a Hong Kong native rather than by a [[Mainland China|Mainland Chinese]] director.<ref name="Hong Kong">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/asia/hong-kong-picks-better-days-for-oscars-contender-1234841050/ |title=Hong Kong Picks 'Better Days' as Oscars Contender |work=Variety |first=Patrick |last=Frater |date=27 November 2020 |access-date=27 November 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127124642/https://variety.com/2020/film/asia/hong-kong-picks-better-days-for-oscars-contender-1234841050/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/oscars-shortlist-2021-makeup-visual-score-song-international-documentary-1234904174/ |title=Oscars Shortlists Announced in Nine Categories |work=Variety |first=Clayton |last=Davis |date=9 February 2021 |access-date=10 February 2021 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209230223/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/oscars-shortlist-2021-makeup-visual-score-song-international-documentary-1234904174/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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