Documentary turns lens on terminal patients, their final moments

A letter written by Xu Lieying, a 35-year-old woman from Fujian province who died of liver cancer, expressed the deep love to her second, newly-born child. Producers of the upcoming documentary Once Upon a Life -- a tear-jerker that follows two cancer patients on their final days -- announced they would donate all profit earned from the movie's advanced screening to China Charities Aid Foundation For Children. Continuing the franchise, the 92-minute film turns its lens on people fighting severe illnesses and their final moments. Two patients were featured: a 35-year-old mother who died of liver cancer in 2018, and a 14-year-old girl who passed away from bone cancer on the same year. After the advanced screening concluded in a downtown cinema in Beijing on March 4, its producers formalized with the China Charities Aid Foundation For Children their commitment to donate gross profit from the box office to the foundation.