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((Infobox film
| name           = Dying to Survive
| image          = dyingtosurvive.jpg
| native_name      = ((Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none|s=我不是药神|t=我不是藥神|p=Wǒ Bú Shì Yào Shén|l=I'm Not a Medicine God))
| director       = Wen Muye
| writer         = ((Unbulleted list|Han Jianü|Zhong Wei|Wen Muye))
| producer       = ((Unbulleted list|[[Ning Hao]]|[[Xu Zheng (actor)|Xu Zheng]]))
| starring       = ((Unbulleted list|Xu Zheng|[[Zhou Yiwei]]|[[Wang Chuanjun]]|[[Tan Zhuo]]|[[Zhang Yu (actor)|Zhang Yu]]|[[Yang Xinmin]]|[[Wang Yanhui]]))
| language       = Mandarin
| music          = 
| cinematography = Wang Boxue
| editing        = Zhu Lin
| runtime        = 117 minutes
| country        = China
| studio         = ((Unbulleted list|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.))
| released       = ((film date|df=yes|2018|6|19|[[Shanghai International Film Festival]]|2018|7|5|China))
| budget         = ((US$|10.9 million|long=no))<ref>((cite web|url=https://finance.sina.cn/stock/ssgs/2018-07-03/detail-ihevauxi8605412.d.html?from=wap|title=《我不是药神》使北京文化涨停 会不会再现过山车？|trans-title="I am not a drug god" to make Beijing cultural daily limit will reproduce the roller coaster?|website=[[Sina Corp]]|date=3 July 2018|accessdate=3 July 2018))</ref>
| gross          = ((US$|453 million|long=no))<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2018W30&id=_fDYINGTOSURVIVE01|title=Dying To Survive (2018)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=15 September 2018))</ref>
))
'''''Dying to Survive''''' is a 2018 Chinese [[comedy-drama]] film<ref name="deadline">((cite web|last1=Tartaglione|first1=Nancy|title='Ant-Man And The Wasp' Zaps $86M In Debut; China's 'Dying To Survive' Prescribes $200M – International Box Office|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/ant-man-and-the-wasp-dying-to-survive-incredibles-2-china-global-international-box-office-1202422761/|website=Deadline|accessdate=12 July 2018|date=10 July 2018))</ref> 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 in India|medicine from India]] for 1,000 Chinese [[cancer]] sufferers in 2004.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11308250/Chinese-Dallas-Buyers-Club-founder-charged-with-fraud.html|title=Chinese 'Dallas Buyers Club' founder charged with fraud|date=2014-12-22|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|last=Hunwick|first=Robert Foyle))</ref><ref>((cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/movie-on-chinese-patients-buying-indian-cancer-drugs-triggers-massive-pre-release-buzz/story-fzWQga9G3Evc3o1sU7Y1TJ.html|title=Movie on Chinese patients buying Indian cancer drugs triggers massive pre-release buzz|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=2018-06-04|last=Patranobis|first=Sutirtho))</ref> ''Dying to Survive'' stars [[Xu Zheng (actor)|Xu Zheng]] in the lead role, who also co-produced the film with [[Ning Hao]].

==Plot==
An aphrodisiac peddler, Cheng Yong, is in financial trouble. His store has not been making profits for a long time and his father urgently needs a large sum of money for brain surgery.

One day a man wearing thick layers of surgical masks comes to his shop. He asks Cheng to bring a cheap drug from India in return for a large sum of money. Due to patent protection, the Swiss drug [[imatinib]] is very expensive and cannot be afforded by most leukemia patients in China. However, an inexpensive generic version of it is available in India.

Desperate for money, Cheng agrees to risk smuggling the drug into China. As more [[chronic myelogenous leukemia]] patients start to buy drugs from him, Cheng becomes rich. His motivation starts to change after he witnesses devastated patients whose families had been pushed into poverty by costly cancer treatments walk away with hope for the future.

At the same time, Chinese police notice the availability of the contraband imatinib and vow to crack down on the unlicensed generic drug, as the originator company Nova (reflecting [[Novartis]] in real life) sues the Indian government for infringing its patent.

==Cast==
*[[Xu Zheng (actor)|Xu Zheng]] as Cheng Yong
*[[Tan Zhuo]] as Liu Sihui
*[[Wang Chuanjun]] as Lü Shouyi
*Wang Yanhui as Zhang Changlin
*Zhang Yu as Peng Hao
*Zhou Yiwei as Cao Bin
*Yang Xinmin as Pastor Liu
*[[Gong Beibi]] as Cao Ling, Cheng Yong's ex-wife and Cao Bin's elder sister
*Keith Shillitoe
*Jia Chenfei
*Li Naiwen 
*Wang Jiajia as Lü Shouyi's wife
*[[Ning Hao]]
*[[Shahbaz Khan (actor)|Shahbaz Khan]]
*Nishith Avinash Shah as Translator

==Box office==
On opening day, the film topped the Chinese box office and grossed ((US$|49.71 million|long=no)), including preview screenings.<ref>((cite web|title=Daily Box Office > China (07/05/2018)|url=http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/?date=07%20/05%20/2018|website=EntGroup|accessdate=5 July 2018))</ref> By the end of its opening weekend, the film had grossed ((US$|199.58 million|long=no)),<ref name="entgroup">((cite web|title=Daily Box Office > China (07/08/2018)|url=http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/?date=07%20/08%20/2018|website=EntGroup|accessdate=8 July 2018))</ref> the fourth biggest opening weekend ever in China.<ref>((cite news|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|title='Ant-Man And The Wasp' Zaps $85M In Debut; China's 'Dying To Survive' Prescribes $200M – International Box Office|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/ant-man-and-the-wasp-dying-to-survive-incredibles-2-china-global-international-box-office-1202422761/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|date=8 July 2018))</ref> As of September 15, 2018, the film has grossed ((US$|453 million|long=no)), becoming the year's third highest-grossing film at the Chinese box office.<ref>((cite web|title=2018 China Yearly Box Office Results|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/china/yearly/|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=15 September 2018|language=en))</ref>

==Critical reception==
Pang-Chieh Ho of SupChina wrote that ''Dying to Survive'' "might be China's best movie of the year". She compared the film's social realist themes to Hollywood film ''[[Dallas Buyers Club]]'', Indian film ''[[Dangal (2016 film)|Dangal]]'', and Chinese film ''[[Angels Wear White]]''.<ref>((cite news|last=Ho|first=Pang-Chieh|title='Dying to Survive,' a comedy about illegally importing drugs, might be China's best movie of the year|url=https://supchina.com/2018/07/06/dying-to-survive-might-be-chinas-best-movie-of-the-year/|accessdate=6 July 2018|work=SupChina))</ref> Though Simon Abrams of [[RogerEbert.com]] also compared the film to ''Dallas Buyers Club'', he gave ''Dying to Survive'' two out of four stars, criticizing the excessive focus on Cheng to the detriment of the film's message and at the expense of other characters. He stated that "I’d have an easier time accepting the trite, asked-and-answered conclusions... if [the director and co-writers] were more adept at tugging at viewers' heart-strings."<ref>((cite web|last1=Abrams|first1=Simon|title=Dying to Survive Movie Review|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dying-to-survive-2019|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|publisher=Ebert Digital LLC|accessdate=19 August 2019|date=9 August 2019))</ref>

==Impact==
The film sparked debate about the cost of [[healthcare in China]]. Chinese Premier [[Li Keqiang]] cited the film in an appeal to regulators to "speed up price cuts for cancer drugs" and "reduce the burden on families".<ref>((cite web|url=https://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1K80TH|title=Cancer drug movie strikes nerve in China, becomes box-office hit|website=[[Reuters]]|date=18 July 2018))</ref>

==Accolades==
((moresources|section|date=June 2022))
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Recipients
! Result
|-
| rowspan=14| 2018 || rowspan=7| [[55th Golden Horse Awards]] || Best  Feature Film || ''Dying to Survive'' || ((nom)) 
|- 
| Best Leading Actor || [[Xu Zheng (actor)|Xu Zheng]] || ((won))
|- 
| Best Supporting Actor || Zhang Yu || ((nom))
|- 
| Best New Director || Wen Muye || ((won))
|-
| Best Original Screenplay || Han Jianü, Zhong Wei and Wen Muye || ((won))
|- 
| Best Makeup & Costume Design || Li Miao || ((nom))
|-
| Best Film Editing || Jolin Zhu || ((nom))
|-
| rowspan=4| [[Changchun Film Festival|14th Changchun Film Festival]] || Best Feature Film || ''Dying to Survive'' || ((won))
|-
| Best Leading Actor || [[Xu Zheng (actor)|Xu Zheng]] || ((won))
|-
| Best Screenplay || Han Jianv, Zhong Wei and Wen Muye || ((won))
|-
| Best Supporting Actor || Wang Chuanjun || ((won))
|-
| [[Montreal World Film Festival|42nd Montreal World Film Festival]] || Best Screenplay || Han Jianv, Zhong Wei and Wen Muye || ((won))
|-
| [[Silk Road International Film Festival|5th Silk Road International Film Festival]] || Best Feature Film || ''Dying to Survive'' || ((won))
|-
| [[Hainan International Film Festival]]<ref name="chinadaily">((cite news|last1=Fan|first1=Xu|title=New adventure|url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201812/20/WS5c1ae0b2a3107d4c3a001c11.html|work=[[China Daily]]|date=20 December 2018))</ref> || Best Film || ''Dying to Survive'' || ((won))
|-
| 2019 || [[38th Hong Kong Film Awards]] || [[Hong Kong Film Award for Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan|Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan]] || ''Dying to Survive'' || ((won)) 
|- 
|}

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*((Imdb title|7362036))

[[Category:2018 films]]
[[Category:2018 comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Chinese comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Films about cancer]]
[[Category:Films about drugs]]
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Films set in Shanghai]]
[[Category:Films shot in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Films shot in Shanghai]]
[[Category:Films based on real people]]
[[Category:2010s Mandarin-language films]]

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