Past Film/Video | Documentaries

Mrs. Fang

(Wang Bing, 2017)

A close-up image of Mrs. Fang, a Chinese person who is close to death. Her head rests against a pillow, and her mouth is slightly open.
Jan 13, 2023 7:00 PM
Film/Video Theater

$7 members and seniors
$9 general public
$5 students

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Set in eastern China, celebrated documentarian Wang Bing’s unflinching and intimate Mrs. Fang witnesses the death of a 67-year-old woman from Alzheimer’s disease.

Over the course of her final days, Mrs. Fang’s family and friends drift in and out of the small room where she lies bedridden, making uncomfortable small talk, discussing her deterioration, burial plans, and more mundane details, and trying to comfort themselves as well as each other. Few films have documented the process of a person dying (Wang includes frequent close-ups of Mrs. Fang) and a family waiting for the end so poetically. Winner of the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. In Mandarin with English subtitles. (86 mins., DCP)

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Mrs. Fang, courtesy of Asian Shadows.

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"Asks exceptionally uncomfortable questions of us, about why we are so unnerved by the naked evidence of this most natural and inevitable of human processes."
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Past Film/Video

Mrs. Fang

Jan 13, 2023 7:00 PM EST
Film/Video Theater

$7 members and seniors
$9 general public
$5 students

Click here to view our latest COVID-19 protocols.

ACCESSIBILITY
We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as CART captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Accessibility Manager Helyn Marshall at accessibility@wexarts.org or via telephone at (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

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