Wang Bing is presenting a previously unseen version of his film “Mrs.Fang”, which was released in August 2017 and awarded the Golden Leopard at the 70th anniversary edition of the Locarno Film Festival. The documentary depicts the end of life of Mrs. Fang Xiuying, farm worker born in Huzhou, Fujian in 1948. For the last eight years she suffered from Alzheimer’s. By 2015 the symptoms were quite advanced. Treatment in a convalescent home was ineffective, so in June 2016 it was discontinued and she returned home. Wang Bing filmed some scenes of her everyday life in 2015, then returned in June 2016 and filmed the last ten days of her life. The film shows the feelings of a person nearing death, and the reality of her relatives’ and neighbours’ attitudes towards a person about to leave this life. Wang Bing is a Chinese artist and film director born in 1967, often referred to as one of the foremost figures in documentary film-making.
電影講述一位1948年出生於福建湖州的農婦方綉英在世上的最後八年時光，不幸罹患腦退化症。因住進的療養院未能提供有效的治療，治療於2016年6月終止了，她也被送回家中。2015年，王兵開始以記錄手法拍攝方婦的起居生活。當她從療養院回家後，王兵也拍攝了她臨終前的最後十天。電影除了呈現了一個人生命消失之前的畫面，亦如王兵的其他電影，探討了住在中國窮鄉僻壤的生活問題。
