The Pharmacy: Shanghai
- Media type
- Film
La Pharmacie no. 3: Shanghai · The Pharmacy: Shanghai · MOVIE
Documentary 1976
About this title
Filmed inside Pharmacy No. 3 in Shanghai, Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan-Ivens document the daily work of a state pharmacy that functions as both a dispensary and a neighborhood medical center. The film focuses on routine interactions between staff and patients, revealing an integrated model of urban healthcare in 1970s China.