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{{Short description|2020 Chinese drama film}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = The Best Is Yet to Come
| image          = The Best Is Yet to Come (2020 film).jpg
| director       = Wang Jing
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
*Chen Chengfeng
*Hwong Minmin
*Huang Wei
*Li Jingrui}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
*White K
*Miao Miao
*[[Zhang Songwen]]
*Song Yang}}
| music          = Yoshihiro Hanno
| cinematography = [[Yu Lik-wai]]
| editing        = Matthieu Laclau
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
*Tang Yan
*[[Jia Zhangke]]}}
| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|2020|9|9|[[77th Venice International Film Festival|Venice Film Festival]]|ref1=<ref name="THRChow">{{cite news|last=Chow|first=Vivienne|title='The Best Is Yet to Come' Director Wang Jing Follows Path Set By Mentor Jia Zhangke|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/venice-film-festival-the-best-is-yet-to-come-jing-wang-1234764325/|access-date=2 January 2024|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|date=9 September 2020}}</ref>|2023|3|24|China}}
| runtime        = 115 minutes<ref name="THRChow"/>
| country        = China
| language       =
| budget         =
}}
'''''The Best Is Yet to Come''''' ({{Lang-zh|c=不止不休}}, ''Bu zhi bu xiu'') is a 2020 Chinese [[drama film]] directed by Wang Jing, in his feature film debut.
The film is based on the real figure of journalist Han Fudong, who exposed the social stigma against [[hepatitis B]]-suffering people in China.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marsh |first1=James |title=The Best Is Yet to Come: journalistic integrity in China under the spotlight |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/entertainment/article/3221524/best-yet-come-movie-review-journalistic-integrity-china-under-spotlight-enthralling-drama-produced |access-date=16 August 2023 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=25 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kao |first1=Anthony |title=Review: "The Best Is Yet to Come" Views China's Hepatitis B Discrimination Through An Auteur Lens |url=https://www.cinemaescapist.com/2020/09/review-best-is-yet-to-come-chinese-movie/ |access-date=16 August 2023 |work=Cinema Escapist |date=21 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> It premiered in the [[Horizons (Venice Film Festival)|Horizons]] section of the [[77th Venice International Film Festival|77th edition]] of the [[Venice Film Festival]], and was later screened at the [[2020 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ehrlich |first1=David |title='The Best Is Yet to Come' Review: Jia Zhangke’s Protégé Debuts with a 'Spotlight'-esque Drama |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-best-is-yet-to-come-review-1234584968/ |access-date=16 August 2023 |work=[[IndieWire]] |date=9 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kiang |first1=Jessica |title='The Best Is Yet to Come' Review: Jia Zhangke Produces the Impassioned Tale of a True-Life Chinese Scandal |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/the-best-is-yet-to-come-review-1234770315/ |access-date=16 August 2023 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=15 September 2020}}</ref> The film was later released in China on March 24, 2023.
==Plot==
{{No plot|date=August 2023}}
==Cast==
*White K as Han Dong
*[[Miao Miao (actress)|Miao Miao]] as Xiao Zhu
*[[Zhang Songwen]] as Huang Jiang
*Song Yang as Zhang Bo
*Lie Wang as Biao
*Yemang Zhou as Chief Editor
*[[Qin Hailu]] as Mrs. Huang
==Release==
''The Best Is Yet to Come'' premiered at the [[77th Venice International Film Festival]] under the Horizons section on September 9, 2020.<ref name="THRChow"/>
The film was later theatrically released in China on March 24, 2023.<ref>{{cite news|title=张颂文新片来了，《不止不休》定档3月24日|url=https://www.yangtse.com/zncontent/2730927.html|access-date=2 January 2024|work=[[Yangtse Evening Post]]|date=17 February 2023|language=Simplified Chinese}}</ref> It earned CN¥52.3 million for its first week.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hawkins|first=Amy|title=Film of reporter’s battle to expose health scandal is shock Chinese hit|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/08/film-journalists-battle-to-expose-health-scandal-shock-chinese-hit|access-date=2 January 2024|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group|Guardian News & Media Limited]]|date=8 April 2023}}</ref>
===Reception===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 81% based on 16 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Best Is Yet to Come|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_best_is_yet_to_come_2020|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=12 August 2023|language=en}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|tt11564218}}
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[[Category:2020 films]]
[[Category:2020 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:2020 drama films]]
[[Category:Chinese drama films]]
[[Category:Chinese historical drama films]]
[[Category:Films about discrimination]]
[[Category:Films about journalism]]