Pure Hearts: Into Chinese Showbiz

Pure Hearts: Into Chinese Showbiz (2017)

纯洁心灵·逐梦演艺圈

Kick Showbiz's Ass!

The movie portrays the unforgettable pleasures and sorrows among a kind and earnest acting instructor and his 17 good-looking students after entering the showbiz during their four years of college.

Date of release
2017-09-22
TMDB
1.7 / 10 (18)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Bi Zhifei

Casting

Interesting facts

Pure Hearts: Into Chinese Showbiz, 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 by both critics and mainstr…

Production

Bi Zhifei rose money for the film through crowdfunding as well as funding from his father-in-law and friends. During filming, he exercised complete creative control and took on many roles, leading to conflicts with crew members over working conditions and the film's direction.

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