The Dying Rooms (1995 TV Movie) User Reviews

Heartbreaking stuff

[Horst_In_Translation · 8/10 · 1 February 2018]

"The Dying Rooms" is a British 38-minute documentary by Kate Blewett and Brian Woods from 1995, so this one had its 20th anniversary already and the focus here is on the consequences of the one-child policy in China, consequences for new-born baby girls that. It is a shocking little film I must say and even if it is painfully heartbreaking to watch at times, I cannot emphasize enough how much you need to watch this one. We really should be ashamed that this film is so criminally underseen as honestly, especially with how little we know about China in detail in the western world, it is so insightful and how, you will ask yourself, how can humans be such gruesome beasts to let things like that happen. What went wrong? The final parts about the little girl that this film is dedicated to and that this film is the only thing that keeps her memory alive is especially tragic and if you are human and not dead inside, then there is no way it won't wet your eyes looking at her eyes. Maybe ignorance and blending out are sometimes the better way, but I don't think this applies to this special BAFTA winning movie. It must be seen, it needs to be seen by everybody who comes across it and teach us about things like these and that they should never ever happen again. The ending truly broke my heart. Please watch this movie. It is incredibly touching, insightful and informative and the only negative thing I can say about it is that it is so short and that it far from received the (awards) attention it should have.

Very disturbing

[Armchair-critic · 8/10 · 27 March 2024]

I watched this 29 years ago when first broadcast, I broke my heart during and after, this documentary although harrowing was an eye opener, I couldn't sleep every time I closed my eyes I seen images of these poor children and babies mostly mai ming the dying baby in a room alone on a slab, still to this day I have thought of this documentary and if these barbaric thing are still allowed to happen, how a human being can inflict such suffering to another living thing let alone a child a helpless baby is beyond comprehension, I read recently that it was a hoax film I can just hope a prey that it was just a hoax a sick as it is.

One of the most disturbing films iv seen

[hedgehogmomma · 6/10 · 25 July 2012]

This documentary shook me to the core.The crew goes from one orphanage to another in china to investigate these so called "dying rooms" were the orphanage workers leave baby girls to die.This footage is all to real and painful,the condition these baby girls were in is just sick....this is all due to the 1 child law,no one wants the baby girls so they are just being killed off.i never knew it went this far.this doc had changed my view a lot and i would recommend it to anyone that can handle watching it.the footage is very hard to watch and at times will make you cry or want to run away.over all a hard movie to watch but should be seen.