Mrs. Fang

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Mrs. Fang
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 方绣英
Directed by Wang Bing
Written byWang Bing
Produced byPierre-Olivier Bardet, Yang Wang, Kong Lihong
CinematographyWang Bing, Shan Xiaohui, Ding Bihan
Edited byWang Bing, Dominique Auvray
Release date
Running time
86 minutes
Country China
LanguageMandarin

Mrs. Fang is a 2017 documentary film directed by Wang Bing. It chronicles the last 10 days of the life of Fang Xiuying, a bedridden 68-year-old woman who suffers from advanced Alzheimer's disease. It won Golden Leopard at the 2017 Locarno Festival. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

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