A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
November 20, 2019
Original Title:
活着唱着
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
House on Fire
Image X Productions
Shanghai Tongyue Industrial Co., Ltd
Shenzhen Ming Culture Communication Co.,Ltd
Production Countries:
China | France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 105
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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Assistant Editor:
Mark Fu
Co-Producer:
Matt Drake
Amanda Verhagen
Vincent Wang
Director:
Johnny Ma
Director of Photography:
Matthias Delvaux
Editor:
Ana Godoy
Foley Artist:
Sebastián Sonzogni
Foley Editor:
Rafael Millán
Original Music Composer:
Jimin Kim
Jongho You
Producer:
Wu Xian Jian
Wang Jing
Production Design:
Zhang Xueqiang
Second Assistant Director:
Anna-Lena Theobald
Sound:
Sheng Yong
Guido Berenblum
Sound Designer:
Gerardo Kalmar
Sound Editor:
Tomás Ramos
Writer:
Johnny Ma
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