Dying to Survive

Dying to Survive
Traditional Chinese我不是藥神
Simplified Chinese我不是药神
Literal meaningI'm Not a Medicine God
Hanyu PinyinWǒ Bú Shì Yào Shén
Directed byWen Muye
Written by
  • Han Jianü
  • Zhong Wei
  • Wen Muye
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyWang Boxue
Edited byZhu Lin
Production
companies
  • Dirty Monkey Films Group
  • Beijing Joy Leader Culture Communication Co.
  • Huanxi Media Group
  • Beijing Jingxi Culture & Tourism Co.
  • Beijing Universe Cultural Development Co.
  • Beijing Talent International Film Co.
Release dates
Running time
117 minutes
CountryChina
LanguageMandarin
Budget$10.9 million[1]
Box office$453 million[2]

Dying to Survive is a 2018 Chinese comedy-drama film[3] directed by Wen Muye in his feature film debut. The film is based on the real-life story of Lu Yong (陆勇), a Chinese leukemia patient who smuggled cheap and generic cancer medicine from India for 1,000 Chinese cancer sufferers in 2004.[4][5] Dying to Survive stars Xu Zheng in the lead role, who also co-produced the film with Ning Hao.

  1. ^ "《我不是药神》使北京文化涨停 会不会再现过山车？" ["I am not a drug god" to make Beijing cultural daily limit will reproduce the roller coaster?]. Sina Corp. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Dying To Survive (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (10 July 2018). "'Ant-Man And The Wasp' Zaps $86M In Debut; China's 'Dying To Survive' Prescribes $200M – International Box Office". Deadline. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  4. ^ Hunwick, Robert Foyle (22 December 2014). "Chinese 'Dallas Buyers Club' founder charged with fraud". The Daily Telegraph.
  5. ^ Patranobis, Sutirtho (4 June 2018). "Movie on Chinese patients buying Indian cancer drugs triggers massive pre-release buzz". Hindustan Times.