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In The Same Breath opens with a sweeping shot of dramatic irony. This is New Year’s Eve in Wuhan, China. A mass of people cheer and holler as the first seconds of 2020 are declared on a building face of one of Wuhan’s many skyscrapers, which are adorned with miles of red strip lighting. These jubilant citizens are unaware of a new virus that has been spreading for weeks. If any of them are ill, they’ve probably blamed it on a common cold. Later in the doc, we see this sentiment in footage from a pharmacy’s webcam, which shows dozens of people turn up complaining of flu-like symptoms. It’s all part of director Nanfu Wang’s intimate and foreboding account of Covid-19.
As a Chinese citizen living in the US with an American husband and child, Wang has a unique perspective on the pandemic. She was...
As a Chinese citizen living in the US with an American husband and child, Wang has a unique perspective on the pandemic. She was...
- 8/4/2021
- by Jack Hawkins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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