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To Live To Sing
To Live To Sing
HUÓ ZHE CHÀNG ZHE
2019 • Films • Drama • 1 h 45 mins
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Zhao Li is the manager of a small Sichuan Opera troupe. When their theater risks getting demolished, she desperately tries to find a new venue. Soon, the line between her bleak reality and the colorful fantasy of opera starts to magically blur.

Director
Johnny Ma
Country
France
Canada
China
Language
Chinese

Accolades

Award
BFI, London, 2019
Award
Award
Director’s Fortnight Nominee
Cannes Film Festival, 2019
Award
Award
Best Film of Asian New Talent & Best Actress (Zhao Xiaoli)
Shanghai IFF, 2019
Award

Critics

“

...'"An ode to a vanishing way of life."'

Hollywood Reporter

“

...'"a beautifully compact and empathetic performance from Zhao Xiaoli, leader of the real-life opera group…"'

Variety

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