Being Towards Death

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Being Towards Death is a Chinese drama film following Xiaobing as he forms bonds with a group of critically ill patients in hospital after becoming the caretaker of their ward following a suicide attempt. The film is in Mandarin with English and Chinese subtitles.

Themes

The film contains themes relating to illness, mortality and relationships. There are visual and verbal references to suicide, often in a comedic or light-hearted context. There are scenes of patients in hospital experiencing pain, receiving CPR and implicitly dying, and a sick child is shown as being abandoned by her parents.

Violence

The film contains a scene on a movie set where a character is shot, featuring a fake blood burst and a subsequent, undetailed shootout. At all times it is clear the scene is being staged. There are also depictions of minor scuffling between characters.

Language

The film contains use of the words “f**k”, “bitch”, “bastard”, “slut”, “ass”, “crap”, “hell”, “damn” and “butt”.

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11 May 2026

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2026

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Being Towards Death

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