Bittersweet film is medicine for the soul

Ning Hao and Xu Zheng have come together again to produce a new film - Dying to Survive - as they return to the summer movie season after 12 years.

This time, director Wen Muye joins the team after Ning recognized his talent for portraying realistic themes. It was Ning who handed Wen the script and asked Xu to act in the leading role.

Wen rose to prominence in 2013 for directing the award-winning short film Battle at the first international film festival in Xining, Qinghai province. Dying to Survive is his first feature-length movie and it took him three years to adapt the script from an original piece of writing.