Surrounded by the careless family and neighbors, Fang Xiuying is deprived of all intellectual abilities and she slowly dies in a modest room, in some of the villages of South China.
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Fang Xiuying | ... |
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Directed by
| Wang Bing | ||
Written by
| Wang Bing | ... | () |
Produced by
| Pierre-Olivier Bardet | ... | producer |
| Kong Lihong | ... | producer |
| Wang Yang | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Wang Bing | ||
| Vera Tin | ... | (as Ding Bihan) |
| Shan Xiaohui | ||
Editing by
| Dominique Auvray | ||
| Wang Bing | ||
Editorial Department
| Alexandra Pocquet | ... | colorist |
Art Direction by
| Wu Shenfang | ||
| Zhu Zhu | ||
Sound Department
| Wang Bing | ... | sound |
| Emmanuel Soland | ... | re-recording mixer / sound / supervising sound editor |
| Vera Tin | ... | sound (as Ding Bihan) |
| Shan Xiaohui | ... | sound |
Production Companies
- All Ways Pictures
- Documenta 14 (co-production)
- Idéale Audience
- Wil Productions
Distributors
- Les Acacias (2018) (France) (theatrical)
- ARTE (2017) (Austria) (tv)
- ARTE (2017) (Belgium) (tv)
- ARTE (2017) (France) (tv)
- ARTE (2017) (Germany) (tv)
- ARTE (2017) (Luxembourg) (tv)
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Other Companies
- Aurélien Plancher (post-production facilities)
- Locarno International Film Festival (festival)
- Toronto International Film Festival (festival)
Storyline
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Fang Xiuying was a farm worker born in Huzhou, Fujian in 1948. For the last eight years of her life she suffered from Alzheimer's. By 2015 the symptoms were quite advanced. Treatment in a convalescent home was ineffective, so in June 2016 it was discontinued and she returned home. We filmed some scenes of her everyday life in 2015, then returned in June 2016 and filmed the last ten days of her life. The film shows the feelings of a person nearing death, and the reality of her relatives' and neighbours' attitudes towards a person about to leave this life. |
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