76 Days

TIFF 2020 13

76 Days

filmed mostly in a single hospital in the city of Wuhan, the film shows the period of 2 and half months of lockdown in that hospital and what goes there in that time period. Having access to these footages form the very first frontlines against COVID is what makes this film very special and important. It helps us understand and feel the horrors of those days when we didn't know much about the virus and its behaviour. The film makes of more appreciative of what the hospital staff, the doctors, nurses and everyone involved did for us. Thank you so much for saving us all.

Wuhan, China was the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak, and was locked down for 76 days, while hospital staff struggled with an overload of patients. With all the protective equipment securely taped to them, the staff could hardly be distinguished from one another, if not for their names written on their gowns. Some medical teams from outside Wuhan included their city of origin, and eventually pictures or words of significance are added for individualization.

After the initial rush and chaos, the stories of various patients are followed. The irascible fisherman, the married couple in separate male and female wings, the parents and the newborn baby, etc. Some get discharged, some don't make it. There are also some out-of-hospital scenes of people in lockdown. Despite the fact that some directors have to remain anonymous, the film is not a condemnation of China, but a tribute to the hospital workers, and to a smaller extent, the volunteers.

This is the 1st movie about the pandemic, and is worth seeing.

This is far better than I expected. Well-edited, fast-paced, and emotionally-engaging. I think showing humanism is far more needed than showcasing cruelty simply as a spectacle.

76 Days, places you in the heart of the COVID-19 epidemic. You come to understand that just as with the onset of the AIDS epidemic there are people we can't help but to connect with behind the crisis we're encountering. They are heroes, victims, and survivors that help us all to achieve a better understanding of who we are and who we must be for one another.

Hard to watch, but a must see. The directors captured with such sensibility, respect, and care the essence of these people giving everything they've got to save these other people, like on a battlefield. To my fellow healthcare workers: THANK YOU. YOU GUYS ARE THE HEROES!