Mrs. Fang

Jun 13 2018 N/A 1h 26m
Documentary

In a quiet village in southern China, Fang Xiuying is sixty-seven years old. Having suffered from Alzheimer's for several years, with advanced symptoms and ineffective treatment, she was sent back home. Now, bedridden, she is surrounded by her relatives and neighbors, as they witness and accompany her through her last days.

Plot

Fang Xiuying was a farm worker born in Huzhou, Fujian in 1948. For the last eight years of her life she suffered from Alzheimer's. By 2015 the symptoms were quite advanced. Treatment in a convalescent home was ineffective, so in June 2016 it was discontinued and she returned home. We filmed some scenes of her everyday life in 2015, then returned in June 2016 and filmed the last ten days of her life. The film shows the feelings of a person nearing death, and the reality of her relatives' and neighbours' attitudes towards a person about to leave this life.

Written by

Wang Bing

Directed by

Wang Bing

Cast

Fang Xiuying

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany, China, France

Production Companies

WIL Productions, Idéale Audience, All Ways Pictures, Asian Shadows, Documenta 14

Languages

Awards

2 wins & 6 nominations

Trailers
Mrs Fang Trailer | SGIFF 2017
Scores
# of Votes
337
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
77
Popularity
NA