The Next Life

2011 · Documentary · 81 min. · China

The Next Life

Torturous testimony of a 40-year-old woman’s attempts to get pregnant after losing her daughter in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The rubble of her home and the extraordinary lengths to which she goes dredge up visions of Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel The Road.

Direction Fan Jian

Soundtrack Anqing Jiang

Cinematography Fan Jian

Original title The Next Life

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Not rated (FilmAffinity)

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