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Inside the Censorship Battle Over Oscar Nominee 'Better Days': "It Was a Tug-of-War"

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Hong Kong director Derek Tsang's harrowing youth drama Better Days is the rare Oscar best international film nominee that was both critically acclaimed and a massive commercial hit.

Released in mainland China in October 2019, the film grossed $223 million, which is more than 40 times the total earnings of the other four international feature nominees combined.

Better Days also has amassed an array of artistic commendations at home, scoring various honors at the Hong Kong Film Awards and mainland China's top movie awards shows, the Golden Rooster Awards and the Hundred Flower Awards.

But despite its achievements, Better Days has become a bizarre sort of success that no one wants to fully claim — neither the film's director, its home city of.

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