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'Til Madness Do Us Part (2013)

'Til Madness Do Us Part poster
Original title
疯爱
Directed by
Wang Bing
Genre
documentary film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
3h 47m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film shows daily life on one floor of a mental institution in southwestern China. It watches patients and staff go through their routines without narration or interviews.

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What happens

'Til Madness Do Us Part (simplified Chinese: 疯爱; traditional Chinese: 瘋愛) is a 2013 Chinese cinema verité documentary film directed by Wang Bing. It observes the daily activity on one floor of a Chinese mental institution in Yunnan, Southwest of China. The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival, on 4 September 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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