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Wen Muye

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Dying to Survive

Comedy, Drama

2018

Dying to Survive

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After being visited by a mysterious stranger, Yong Cheng�s life changes dramatically: he suddenly turns from an Indian aphrodisiacs retailer who couldn't pay his rent into an exclusive sales agent for a drug called Glinic. His patients even start calling him the god of medicine. But is it too good to be true? The film is based on the real-life story of Lu Yong, a Chinese leukemia patient who smuggled cheap but unproven cancer medicine from India for 1,000 Chinese cancer sufferers in 2004.

117 min

Chinese, English

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About the Director 

Wen Muye is a Chinese film director born in Changchun, Jilin, on 14 February 1985. He attended Northeast Normal University, graduating in 2008. He went on to receive his master's degree from Beijing Film Academy in 2014 under the supervision of renowned film director Tian Zhuangzhuang. Wen rose to fame after directing Dying to Survive (2019), a comedy-drama film earned critical acclaim and received numerous awards and honors, such as Best Feature Film and Best New Director at the 55th Golden Horse Awards, Best Directorial Debut at the 32nd Golden Rooster Awards, Outstanding Film at the 35th Hundred Flowers Awards, and Best Director at the 26th Beijing College Student Film Festival.

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