TO LIVE TO SING
by Johnny Ma
synopsis
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…
international title: | To Live to Sing |
original title: | Huo zhe chang zhe |
country: | China, France |
sales agent: | Films Boutique |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Johnny Ma |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | FR 20/11/2019 |
screenplay: | Johnny Ma |
cast: | Gan Guidan, Yan Xihu, Zhao Xiaoli |
cinematography by: | Matthias Delvaux |
film editing: | Ana Godoy |
art director: | Zhang Xueqiang |
music: | Jongho You, Jimin Kim |
producer: | Xianjian Wu, Jing Wang, Vincent Wang |
production: | House on Fire, Image X Productions (CN) |
distributor: | Epicentre Films |