China's first digital film on SARS being shot
( 2003-07-07 15:58) (Xinhua)
China's first digital film set during the severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS) epidemic is being shot in the Central Hospital of Changsha city, capital
of central-southern Hunan Province.
A spokesman for the Xiangjun Cultural Communications Co. Ltd., one of the
country's film producers, said Monday that the film tells off the fictional
story of Liu Weiguo, a tutor for doctorate students in medical sciences, who is
assigned to take charge of the respiratory and internal medicine department at a
local hospital after completing his advanced studies in the United States, and
his old lover Ye Ling in battling SARS disease together at a southern Chinese
hospital.
The spokesman said the film, titled "Diexue Dujuan" (Bloodshed Cuckoo), would
last for 90 minutes and cost 800,000 yuan (US$96,400).
The film, which began shooting on June 16, is expected to be finished in one
month's time. Upon completion, it will be shown in 34 digital cinemas across
China and will later be remade into a television play, said the spokesman.
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