76 days on Wuhan’s frontline

On 23 January 2020, China locked down Wuhan, a city of 11 million, to combat the emerging COVID-19 outbreak. Set deep inside the frontlines of the crisis in four hospitals, 76 DAYS tells indelible human stories of healthcare workers and patients who struggle to survive the pandemic with resilience and dignity.

76 Days world premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2020.

“A RIVETING DOCUMENTARY… [AN] ASTONISHINGLY CANDID AND DEEPLY WRENCHING PORTRAIT OF DEATH, SUFFERING AND COMPASSION.”

— Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

CRITIC’S PICK

“DEFINED MORE BY THE HUMAN CAPACITY FOR RESILIENCE AND COMPASSION THAN BY A RELENTLESS SENSE OF DOOM… ‘76 DAYS’ SUGGESTS A WAY TO FACE THE FUTURE, WITH TEARS BUT PERHAPS ALSO HOPE.”

— Nicolas Rapold, The New York Times

“THE FIRST ESSENTIAL COVID-19 DOC…

‘76 DAYS’ DIDN’T EVEN NEED TO BE AS GOOD AS IT IS: THAT IT’S SO ARTFULLY AND ELEGANTLY OBSERVED, AND PACKS SUCH A CANDID WALLOP OF FEELING, ATOP ITS FRONTLINE URGENCY IS TESTAMENT TO THE GRACE AND SENSITIVITY OF ITS DIRECTORIAL TEAM, NOT JUST THEIR TIMELY SAVVY.”

— Guy Lodge, Variety

“[A] REMARKABLE FRONT-LINE REPORT… AN EMOTIONAL-WRINGER… A WORK OF TRUE DIRECT CINEMA… THE CAMERAWORK AND EDITING ARE EXTRAORDINARY IN THEIR IMMEDIACY AND THEIR SENSITIVITY TO CHAOS, EXHAUSTION AND RESILIENCE — OFTEN ALL AT ONCE. THERE'S TENDERNESS TOO, AND AWE.”

— Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter

★★★★☆

“HAUNTING … A CHILLING LOOK AT WHAT FRONTLINE WORKERS FACED IN WUHAN... A POTENT HUMAN-INTEREST STORY, AND A PORTRAIT OF A CITY UNDER SIEGE.”

— Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“ONE OF THE BEST I SAW VIA TORONTO… A TOUGH, VERY GOOD CHINESE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE FIRST MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC IN WUHAN.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

“A STARTLING PICTURE. IMMERSIVE... THE FILM COULDN’T BE TIMELIER... FUTURE GENERATIONS MAY CONSIDER 76 DAYS A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT OF WHAT 2020 FELT LIKE… THE INTIMACY OF WHAT WE SEE IS SOMETIMES STRIKING.”

— Tim Grierson, Screen International

ONE OF “20 MUST-SEE FILMS AT THE 2020 VENICE, TORONTO, AND NEW YORK FILM FESTIVALS”

“THERE WILL BE MANY DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT THIS ONGOING EPIDEMIC, BUT FEW ARE POISED TO OFFER SUCH A LUCID AND LINGERING VIEW OF THE TOLL THE VIRUS HAS TAKEN.”

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire

“UNVARNISHED AND RAW, A FIRST DRAFT OF A HISTORY THAT’S STILL BEING WRITTEN… REQUIRED VIEWING… A TRIBUTE TO THE HEROIC EFFORTS OF THE WORKERS IT FOLLOWS."

— David Sims, The Atlantic

“TALK ABOUT YOU-ARE-THERE CINEMA… HARROWING DOESN’T EVEN COME CLOSE TO DESCRIBING SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE SEQUENCES IN HERE… AN INVALUABLE LOOK AT THE EARLY DAYS OF A GLOBAL CATASTROPHE.”

— David Fear, Rolling Stone