Together
Zhao Liang’s film portrays AIDS sufferers of both genders; they are all people with very different biographies. As if it wasn’t bad enough being infected by HIV, their suffering is compounded by the fact that in the People’s Republic of China the disease is hushed up and people living with AIDS are ostracised. In China, the public at large knows very little about the disease and most people associate the virus with promiscuity. This fear of discrimination forces most patients to hide the fact that they are positive. The AIDS sufferers in Zhao Liang’s film were willing to share their experiences with him. The filmmaker was able to make contact with them via internet support groups; he also visited children with Aids at a ‘red ribbon’ school; but above all, he talked to AIDS sufferers during the making of Gu Changwei’s film. It is their presence which lends Changwei’s film its particular authenticity.
6.0
7.5
Did you know
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Cast
Where to watch
Similar films
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
The Class of ‘92
Trainwreck: The Real Project X
Seduced and Abandoned
Directed by John Ford
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
To Kill a Tiger
Birth of the Living Dead
Capital in the Twenty-First Century