The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo

June. 26,2022      PG
Rating:
7.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

16-year-old Yuguo, who has a passion for Eastern European romantic poetry, makes a pilgrimage from his home in China to the foothills of Romania’s Carpathian Mountains.

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Reviews

Odelecol
2022/06/26

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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FirstWitch
2022/06/27

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Fatma Suarez
2022/06/28

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

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Fleur
2022/06/29

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

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