76 Days

Name: 76 Days
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: December 4, 2020
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 84

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| Release Date: December 4, 2020 | Not Rated

Summary: Raw and intimate, this documentary captures the struggles of patients and frontline medical professionals battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan.

Director: Hao Wu and Weixi Chen

Genre(s): Drama, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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Donald Clarke

Jan 29, 2021

It is a terrible story, but, in its constant discovery of bravery and compassion, ultimately a hopeful one. Read full review

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Ann Hornaday

Dec 2, 2020

Devoid of muckraking sensationalism, it instead evolves into something more tactful, and compassionate, as teams of exhausted medical professionals do anything to save their patients’ lives, or at least grace their final moments with gestures of caring and connection. Read full review

The Film Stage Christian Gallichio

Sep 19, 2020

While at times a brutal watch, with the film’s insistence on showing the ravages of COVID-19 in up-close detail, 76 Days will, I suspect, become a landmark document when talking about the virus and China’s initial response. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Sep 19, 2020

Shaggy and slapped together as it may be, “76 Days” is an urgent act of witnessing for a world that only tends to see itself clearly in hindsight; the film’s value to future generations is self-evident, but it has just as much to show us in the here and now about the history we’re making alone and together. Read full review

John Bleasdale

Jan 25, 2021

It shows the desperation, the pain and the suffering, but it also reveals the spirit and fortitude of those tasked with caring for the sick. Read full review

Kevin Crust

Dec 7, 2020

We are likely to be watching films on this subject for years to come, but for it’s sheer in-the-moment rawness, 76 Days is one that will stick in your consciousness for some time. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Sep 19, 2020

At times, this cinema-vérité approach results in a claustrophobic and engrossing viewing experience. But its construction also frequently, and curiously, lacks urgency, and the few characters the filmmakers keep returning to never quite stick. Read full review

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MattBrady99

Dec 31, 2020

Final movie I saw at LIFF (Leeds International Film Festival) and not only was it best film I saw at the festival, but the most heart-breaking and relatable documentary that captures the horrifying effects of COVID-19, and I don't mean people being infected be it, just mentally. The deadlyFinal movie I saw at LIFF (Leeds International Film Festival) and not only was it best film I saw at the festival, but the most heart-breaking and relatable documentary that captures the horrifying effects of COVID-19, and I don't mean people being infected be it, just mentally. The deadly virus, that we are all familiar with, has changed our view of a "normal world" for better or worse, maybe both.

The documentary follows patients and medical workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan, as early as January of 2020. It all boils down human error. The error of not containing it. The error of not acting fast enough. The error of not informing your people. The error in human beings, where selfishness and cruelty become another form of disease. The errors of everything. Even though it is devastating to watch, but there's strangely a sense of hope to it. Like, there's light at the end of the tunnel. What can't go to it, but it will come to us, slowly and eventually. I think we all need reminded during the bleakest of times to HOLD ON.… Expand

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