Childhood in a Foreign Land

This film (drama)Also known as他乡的童年，is aMainland ChinaProducerporn video，At2019Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese, English, Japanese，Current Douban rating8.8(For reference only)。

Education is a topic of shared anxiety across all strata of Chinese society. Countless families exhaust their resources to send their children abroad, hoping to provide them with a better education. As a mother of two, journalist Zhou Yijun, who has spent years reporting on international news, feels the same anxiety. Yijun visits five countries: Finland, Japan, India, Israel, and the UK, ultimately returning to China to embark on a journey of philosophical reflection on education. In competition-free Finland, how do we teach children what success or failure is? In wealth-divided India, how can online education bridge the gap between children? In Japan, with a strong collective consciousness, how do children learn to balance individual and team interests? The film captures the classroom experience from a child's perspective and the different educational approaches from a parent's viewpoint, while also deeply reflecting on education through the lens of different cultural and historical contexts. Throughout her journey of exploration, Yijun reminisces about her own childhood and undergoes a process of self-examination.