A female doctor from a county town who has been practicing medicine for 30 years unexpectedly changed her identity and became a breast cancer patient when she was approaching retirement. And her 26-year-old daughter, a documentary filmmaker, picked up the camera as if instinctively and recorded every detail of her mother’s treatment.
The daughter uses the camera to carefully spy on the softness behind her mother’s rationality and the fear behind her strength. After a doctor gets sick, can he really face life and death as rationally as they teach his patients? And what is the price hidden behind this so-called rationality?
This mother and daughter, whose outlook on life and values are deeply influenced by the hospital culture, relearn what therapy is, what empathy is, what vulnerability is, and what strength is during the journey of treatment. They are also wondering, in order to experience the deepest love in the world, do we have to face the most primitive and deepest fears in our hearts?
Title
Dear Mother, I Meant to Write about Death
Region
China
Running Time
63min
Release Date
2022-10-09
Categories
CNEX Foundation Limited
Director
Siyi Chen
Type
True Story
Quality
1080p
Status