On January 23rd, 2020, China locked down Wuhan, a city of11 million, to combat the emerging COVID-19 outbreak. Set deep inside the frontlines of the crisis in four hospitals,76 DAYS tells indelible human stories at the center of this pandemic—from a woman begging in vain to bid a final farewell to her father, a grandfather with dementia searching for his way home, a couple anxious to meet their newborn, to a nurse determined to return personal items to families of the deceased. These raw and intimate stories bear witness to the death and rebirth of a city under a 76-day lockdown, and to the human resilience that persists in times of profound tragedy.
- Year2020
- Runtime93 min
- LanguageMandarin with English subtitles
- CountryUnited States, China
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival 2020
- RatingNot Rated
- DirectorHao Wu, Weixi Chen, Anonymous
- ProducerHao Wu, Jean Tsien
- Executive ProducerSheila Nevins, Bryn Mooser, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Naja Pham Lockwood, Jamie Chen, Roberto Grande
- Co-ProducerXin Lu
- CinematographerAnonymous, Weixi Chen
- EditorHao Wu
On January 23rd, 2020, China locked down Wuhan, a city of11 million, to combat the emerging COVID-19 outbreak. Set deep inside the frontlines of the crisis in four hospitals,76 DAYS tells indelible human stories at the center of this pandemic—from a woman begging in vain to bid a final farewell to her father, a grandfather with dementia searching for his way home, a couple anxious to meet their newborn, to a nurse determined to return personal items to families of the deceased. These raw and intimate stories bear witness to the death and rebirth of a city under a 76-day lockdown, and to the human resilience that persists in times of profound tragedy.
- Year2020
- Runtime93 min
- LanguageMandarin with English subtitles
- CountryUnited States, China
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival 2020
- RatingNot Rated
- DirectorHao Wu, Weixi Chen, Anonymous
- ProducerHao Wu, Jean Tsien
- Executive ProducerSheila Nevins, Bryn Mooser, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Naja Pham Lockwood, Jamie Chen, Roberto Grande
- Co-ProducerXin Lu
- CinematographerAnonymous, Weixi Chen
- EditorHao Wu