76 Days. Photo: Courtesy Larsen Associates
It’s been a full year since COVID-19 first introduced itself, and the pandemic isn’t done with us just yet. Indeed, it’s likely to dominate our lives a little while longer and after the pandemic finally peters out, we’ll probably be watching movies about it for decades to come.
76 Days (currently streaming via CBS and the recently launched Paramount +) is first out of the cinematic gates, and it’s a keeper. Shot during Wuhan’s eleven-week lockdown, the film is an observational documentary about the frontline doctors, nurses, and patients battling a mysterious and terrifying new disease.