BEIJING: A low-budget Chinese film about a patient with leukemia who turns to smuggling of cancer drugs into India has sparked the interest of netizens and even leaders of the country, highlighting national concerns. China has promised health reforms to dispel worries about overpriced drugs and expand the distribution of resources that tend to concentrate care in large urban centers, but progress has been slow
" Dying to Survive "loosely based on the actual exploits of a cancer patient incarcerated for leading a Dallas Buyers Club group that illegally imported drugs, raised US $ 390 million in its race two weeks, said EntGroup
. praised how the movie, one of the biggest producers of the year, tackled head-on a social issue, a scarcity in China strictly censored, some having said that filmmakers have been cautious in Avoiding The film directly strikes "a social injury" about not being able to receive hospital treatment, said Gao Wei, an industry expert at the China Center for Globalization.
"As a film criticizing what is really happening, it could only become popular because it allowed critics of China to pass critics."
