The movie “Senior Year” documents the real life of a graduating class in a typical high school in Fujian Province, China. The life of the senior year is monotonous, simple yet heavy, painful yet also joyful.
The kind and strict headteacher, the hardworking top students, the “underachievers” who evade life, the “early love students” who are persistent in love, the parents of the students, everyone who has experienced the senior year has their own insights and expectations beyond senior year. The documentary is realistic and straightforward, and through the record of the life of the senior year, it makes people feel not only the romance of persistent struggle for ideals but also a kind of sorrow that is hard to swallow.
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The film “Senior Year” captures the authentic daily life of a graduating class in an ordinary middle school in Fujian Province, China. The existence of the senior year is a repetitive cycle, straightforward and yet laden with weight, filled with both pain and joy.
The benevolent yet strict homeroom teacher, the diligent honor students, the “underachievers” who seek to escape reality, the “early romantics” who are steadfast in their affections, and the parents of these students—all individuals who have lived through the senior year possess their own reflections and aspirations that transcend the confines of their final year of high school. The documentary is raw and candid, and through its portrayal of life in the senior year, it evokes not just the romanticism of unwavering pursuit of dreams, but also a profound sense of heartache that is hard to express.
