To Live to Sing

To Live to Sing (2019)

Drama

Zhao Li manages a Sichuan Opera troupe that lives and performs together in a rundown theatre in the outskirts of Chengdu. When she receives an order of demolition, she hides the news, fearing that this could spell their end. Secretly, she wouldn’t mind stopping since their life has become harder over the years. But what else can she do? She also worries that her niece Dan Dan, their star, will leave them for a better future in the city. To keep her troupe “family” together, Zhao Li begins a search for a new theatre for them to both sing and live in. As she struggles with bureaucracy, the characters from the opera world that she uses to escape her troubles begin to seep into her real life…

Director: Johnny Ma

Casts

	Zhao Xiaoli as Zhao li
	Gan Guidan as Dan Dan
	Yan Xihu as Lao Wu
	Yan Huanghe as Lao Er
	Deng Xiurong as Femme de Lao Er
	Liu Min as Liu Min
	Li Tangrong as Li Linh
	Su Guangjin as Frère Su
	Gao Chenggen as Grand-mère Gao
	Wan Minghua as Wan Er
	Wang Sanyun as Wang Sanyun
	Zhao Hongqiong as Sœur Zhao
	Zhao Guoxiang as Grand-père

Crew