Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 1st, 2003
Original Language:Chinese
Cast & Crew
马深义
as 自己
雷梅
as 自己
马宁宁
as 自己
马荣
as 演员
马占槽
as 自己
To Live Is Better Than To Die (2003)
Audience Score
Plot
In the 1990s HIV/AIDS came to Wenlou through a blood purchasing program. To supplement their income many poor villagers sold their blood and 60% of those who sold blood contracted HIV/AIDS from unsanitary equipment. Many have died from the disease. In his documentary film, To Live is Better than to Die, Wiejun Chen tells of the impact AIDS has had in parts of rural China by showing how it has affected the Ma family. It is spring when the film takes up the family’s story.
