Dying to Survive (2018)
- Original title
- 我不是药神
- Directed by
- Wen Muye, Jianv Han
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- IIA
- Rating
- 8.2 of 10 from 217 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Chinese leukemia patient finds an affordable generic cancer drug in India and starts smuggling it into China for other patients. He faces legal trouble as he tries to get the medication to hundreds of people who cannot afford the expensive brand-name version.
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What happens
Dying to Survive is a 2018 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Wen Muye in his feature film debut. The film is based on the real-life story of Lu Yong (陆勇), a Chinese leukemia patient who smuggled cheap and generic cancer medicine from India for 1,000 Chinese cancer sufferers in 2004. Dying to Survive stars Xu Zheng in the lead role, who also co-produced the film with Ning Hao. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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