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To Live to Sing (2019)
Directed by Johnny Ma
Drama · 1h 45m
Zhao Li manages a Sichuan Opera troupe that lives and performs together in a rundown theatre in the outskirts of Chengdu. When she receives an order of demolition, she hides the news, fearing that this could spell their end. Secretly, she wouldn’t mind stopping since their life has become harder over the years. But what else can she do? She also worries that her niece Dan Dan, their star, will leave them for a better future in the city. To keep her troupe “family” together, Zhao Li begins a search for a new theatre for them to both sing and live in. As she struggles with bureaucracy, the characters from the opera world that she uses to escape her troubles begin to seep into her real life…
Cast
Liu Min
Crew
- Director
- Johnny Ma
- Writer
- Johnny Ma
- Director of Photography
- Matthias Delvaux
- Original Music Composer
- Jongho You, Jimin Kim
- Editor
- Ana Godoy
- Producer
- Wang Jing, Wu Xian Jian
Details
- Original title
- 活着唱着
- Release date
- 2019-11-20
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- China, France
- Production
- Image X Productions, House on Fire, Shanghai Tongyue Industrial Co., Ltd, Shenzhen Ming Culture Communication Co.,Ltd