Better Days

“You protect the world. I'll protect you.”

In a Chinese high school, the weeks before the college entrance exams press down on every student, and Chen Nian (Zhou Dongyu) studies through them while a group of classmates bullies her. A young street thug, Xiao Bei (Jackson Yee), steps in to protect her, and the two become friends. Derek Tsang films the classroom and the streets in the same close, unforgiving light.