To Live To Sing
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.
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To Live To Sing
活着唱着 DramaZhao 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.
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- Johnny Ma
- Zhao XiaoliGan GuidanYan Xihu
- ChinaFranceCanada
- Chinese
- 105 Mins
- 2019
Accolades
Cannes Film Festival, 2019
Director’s Fortnight Nominee
Shanghai International Film Festival, 2019
Best Film of Asian New Talent
Shanghai International Film Festival, 2019
Zhao Xiaoli, Best Actress
Macao International Film Festival, 2019
Best Film Nominee
Macao International Film Festival, 2019
Chinese Competition, Best Screenplay
Critics
The Hollywood Reporter
"An ode to a vanishing way of life."
The Hollywood Reporter
"...a successful and highly humanistic mix of drama, ethnography and (mild) social commentary..."
Variety
"...a beautifully compact and empathetic performance from Zhao Xiaoli, leader of the real-life opera group..."
Rotten Tomatoes
"Zhao makes the transition from heavily painted, ornamented, and arcanely codified stage performer to subtle, natural, and wholly heartbreaking screen presence with exceptional grace."
Asian Movie Pulse
"...drama about family, about the clash between tradition and change. Through its often nostalgic tone and its performances, it may also be a statement about the importance of dreams, of those of the past and the present, and how they may create those necessary visions for the future."
Trivia
Zhao Xiaoli is a professional Sichuan Opera singer.
