Chinese films based on real events resonate with audiences

1. Dying to Survive

Director: Wen Muye

Cast: Xu Zheng, Wang Chuanjun, Tan Zhuo, Zhang Yu

Year of release: 2018

Douban points: 9.0

It tells the story of how a small drugstore owner became the exclusive selling agent in China for a cheap Indian generic drug to fight chronic myelocytic leukemia.

This film is adapted from the real story of Lu Yong, a patient with this disease, who purchased cheap anticancer drugs from abroad for himself and other patients.