The movie is set in a dystopian future where only students with high grades are allowed to survive. Those who fail are taken away by the government and forced into a program to "improve" them. The story follows Jiang, a student who is struggling to get good grades, and his mother, Yang, who is determined to keep their luxurious life.
Yang's obsession with grades and her children's success leads her to manipulate and control Jiang's behavior, making him act out in school to avoid being taken away. Meanwhile, Jiang discovers a secret camp where students who escaped the program are living, and he begins to question his mother's motives.
As the story unfolds, Yang's true nature is revealed, and Jiang discovers that his brother's death was not an accident. Yang's actions become increasingly sinister, and she will stop at nothing to maintain her status and luxury. In the end, Jiang is taken away by the government, and Yang is left to promote her book on how to be a successful parent.
The movie is a commentary on the pressure to succeed and the lengths to which people will go to achieve their goals. It highlights the dangers of a society that values grades above all else and the consequences of a parent's obsession with their child's success.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. In the future, only the best students are allowed to survive.
2. Students who get bad grades are beaten or forced to not have a good life.
3. Parents are always pushing their children to be the best in school.
4. The government gives recognition to parents who educate their children well.
5. A lady named Yang has a son named Rubí who is the best student.
6. Yang's daughter, Nova, is not doing well in school and her mother is worried.
7. Nova's mother wants her to behave badly to get into a program that will allow her to continue having a luxurious life.
8. Nova discovers that her mother is a bad person and that her brother died under suspicious circumstances.
9. Nova's brother, Rulli, died after jumping into a truck.
10. Nova discovers a secret camp where students who managed to escape the program live.
11. The camp was founded by a woman named Lean who believes that grades do not define a person.
12. Nova's mother, Yang, gives her food that makes her sleepy and then takes her to the Heidi program.
13. Nova is taken to a room where the doctor tells her that she wants to have another child.
14. Jiang discovers the tunnel that leads to the camp and is asked to leave.
15. The police are called to remove all the survivors from the camp.
16. Yang promotes her new book called "How to be a Cheek".