To Live
A once-wealthy husband and wife struggle to protect their family and preserve their dignity as China’s violent upheavals force them from privileged landowners into desperate peasants.
Synopsis
Fugui and Jiazhen, a married couple, experience a series of upheavals in mid-20th century mainland China as their family's status shifts from that of wealthy landowners to peasants.
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Principal cast & crew: 35
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Yuan DuShot by Yue LuScored by Jiping Zhao
Box Office
1994 · Box office
Grossed $2.3M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$2.3M
US & Canada: $2.3M — 100% of worldwide · International: $4K (0%)
Opening weekend: $33K — 1% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.
Peak 2 theaters
Also known as
- Leben!de
- Lifetimesen
- To Liveen
- !Vivir!es
- Vivre !fr
- Vivere!it
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Cast & Crew
35 unique people credited
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Supporting cast
14Liu Tianchi
as Xu Fengxia
Zongluo Huang
as Fu Gui's Dad
Zhang Lu
as Young Fengxia
Yanjin Liu
as Fu Gui's Mom
Dong Fei
as Xu Youqing
Dahong Ni
as Long'er
Huang Zongluo
as Fugui's Dad
Liu Yanjin
as Fugui's Mom
Li Lianyi
as Sgt. Lao Quan
Su Yan
as Obstetric Nurse
Zhao Yu Xiu
as Physician Wang
Xiao Jie
as Young Fengxia
Zhang Kang
as Mantou
Dong Li Fan
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