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Searching for the Comeback World

1985 · 1 season

A serious, slow-burning look at troubled youth and institutional reform, emotionally heavy but hopeful.

Created by
Xu Lei
Genres
Drama
Starring
Huang Kai, Ma Jing, Gang Wang
Overview
12-episode TV series on the reform school and people involving juvenile delinquency.

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Created by
Xu Lei
Genres
Drama
Starring
Huang Kai, Ma Jing, Gang Wang
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • rebellion
  • healing
  • family
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Xu Lei
Written by
战楠, 楚雪
Starring
Huang Kai, Ma Jing, Gang Wang, Li Mingzhu, Zhou Guiyuan, 柳季松, Zeng Hongsheng, Jin Lini
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 50 min each
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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