To Live to Sing

Movie
Title活着唱着
User score

5.7

Release dateNov 20, 2019
GenreDrama
DirectorJohnny Ma
Production countryChina, France
Production companiesImage X Productions, House on Fire, Shanghai Tongyue Industrial Co., Ltd, Shenzhen Ming Culture Communication Co.,Ltd
Run time105 min.

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…

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Official Trailer

Nov 8, 2019

TO LIVE TO SING clip | BFI London Film Festival 2019

Oct 7, 2019

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