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Two films by a Chinese director have been invited to this
year's Cannes Film Festival. This is the first time in history, and most of the Chinese media has been quiet.

Why, our correspondent in Beijing, Zheng Yong-tae, will tell you.

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Unusually for a
low-budget docu-film, Chinese director Wang Bing's "Youth" was selected as one of 2 films nominated for competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

It took six years to document the real-life situation of young people from rural Yunnan province leaving their hometowns and living in dormitories in garment factories far away in industrial zones.

[You guys don't want to work? Okay, then find someone else.]

Another docu-film directed by Wang, "The Man in Black," was also nominated for a special screening.

It's the first time two films by a Chinese director have been invited to Cannes, and the premiere drew a standing ovation that lasted more than three minutes, but the reaction in China has been muted.

Major state media outlets have barely covered Wang's debut at the Cannes Film Festival, apparently due to the film's social content.

The film "Youth" is based on the worries and love of China's young generation, revealing social contradictions such as poor working conditions, low wages, and the gap between rich and poor, working 21 hours a day.

[Wang Bing/Chinese film director: I think the most important thing for society is fairness. It's so scary that all workers are constantly working under unfair conditions.]

"The Man in Black" tells the story of an elderly Chinese composer of Western music who suffered severe persecution and torture during the Cultural Revolution.

[Bing/Chinese filmmaker: I think fatalism for the Chinese also means that people succumb to coercion, that is, to a stronger force.]

Some Internet media in China have introduced Wang's film and interviews, and there are many reactions that it portrays Chinese society too negatively, and that it will be difficult for the film to be released in China.

(Video reporter: Choi Deok-hyun, Video editing: Jung Yong-hwa, Video source: Weibo/Baidu)