Title: Bitter Money (Ku Qian, 苦钱), 2016, Documentary

Summary:
A vivid slice-of-life depiction of migrant workers, both male and female, wasting their lives away through monotonous labor in small, thriving garment workshops in a neon-lit provincial Chinese city in hopes of coming closer to achieving the so-called "Chinese Dream" as their country ascends to global supremacy. Some of the protagonists find their new life in the city to be an improvement, while others face disillusionment.

Huzhou, China is home to 18,000 clothing factories. They are staffed by about 30,000 workers, many of them migrants from rural areas in the surrounded provinces. "Bitter Money" follows a handful of these workers, both at work-where they may labor for more than 12 hours a day-and in their off-hours, as they hang around shabby dorms drinking, dreaming of home, worrying about getting paid, and trying to decide whether their jobs are worth keeping. 

Director: Wang Bing

For more information: 
http://icarusfilms.com/df-bitt

Resolution: 720x482
Duration: 2:43:14
Format: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
Language: Mandarin with hardcoded English subtitles