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Dying to Survive (2018) — Where to Watch · CriticCrunch

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Dying to Survive

Movie2018·117 min

Dying to Survive

Directed by Wen Muye

A drama comedy film directed by Wen Muye.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 5%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

8.2/10

218 ratings

About Dying to Survive

A Chinese leukaemia patient smuggles cheap but untested pharmaceuticals from India to help hundreds of Chinese people suffering from cancer.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Broad (6 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Contemplative
Story Tags: social injustice, sacrifice duty, survival of spirit, medicine science, international, urban, group found family, everyman, anti hero, fish out of water, rise and fall, drug trade

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Details

Director: Wen Muye
Language: Chinese

Cast

Xu Zheng, Zhou Yiwei, Wang Chuanjun

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How Dying to Survive Ranks

All movies

Top 5%

2010s movies

Top 4%

Drama movies

Top 5%

★2010s Drama movies

Top 4%

Top 5% in every cohort we track — a consistent classic.

the vibe

Dying to Survive Vibe

What it feels like

measuredbittersweetmoderateapproachablelight-touchbroadheartfeltgritty

contemplative

What it's about

fish out of waterrise & fallsocial injusticesacrifice dutysurvival of spiriteverymananti-herogroup found familymedicine sciencedrug tradeinternationalurban

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

broad 6/9broad 6/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

grittygritty