Pure Hearts: Into Chinese Showbiz (2017)
September 22, 2017Release Date
Pure Hearts: Into Chinese Showbiz (2017)
September 22, 2017Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Zhifei Bi
Wen Tianyang / Director / Producer / Writer / Production Design
Zhejian Zhu
Li Yanman
Sihan Chen
Zhirong Zhang
Jiang Long
Hao Xue
Yuanhui Wang
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Release DateSeptember 22, 2017
Original Name纯洁心灵·逐梦演艺圈
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
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Pure Hearts: Into Chinese Showbiz (Chinese: 纯洁心灵·逐梦演艺圈), often shortened to Pure Hearts (纯洁心灵), is a 2017 Chinese film directed and produced by Bi Zhifei. The plot focuses on a teacher at an acting school trying to make a movie with his students and the difficulties that result from the dark side of the film industry and their personal struggles during production. Due to its troubled production, which involved accusations of overworking and mistreatment by Bi and claims that it took 12 years to make, and low ratings of the film itself after release despite praise by industry and government figures beforehand, it has been considered one of the worst Chinese films ever made, being panned for its acting, screenplay, direction, narrative structure, characters, themes, editing, and its theme song. In response, Bi accused Douban of discrimination against domestic films and even submitted the film to the Cannes Film Festival.