Fond Recollection

Director Feng Xiaogang's new film Youth recalls his time in a military opera troupe. Xu Fan reports.

For most youngsters, the screening hall of the 1954-built Beijing Exhibition Center may be too old to create a comfortable environment for watching movies.

But director Feng Xiaogang insisted on holding the opening ceremony of his upcoming movie Youth in the theater on Dec 6, describing the venue as the artistic cradle that inspired his cinematic dreams.