"Please Cry Quietly as It Disturbs"... Chinese Film Crew's Absurd Power Trip at Hospital

Chinese Film Crew Abuses Power Over Patient's Family at Hospital
"Please Cry Quietly So as Not to Disturb" Request
Hospital Helpless...Netizens Flooded with Criticism

A hospital in China is facing backlash after the film crew requested a grieving patient's family to "cry quietly so as not to disturb" during a movie shoot. On the 1st (local time), Hong Kong's South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, "An absurd commotion occurred on May 31 at a hospital in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China," sharing the story.

Movie shooting scene revealed by Mr. Yoo. [Image source=Weibo capture]

At that time, Mr. Yu's mother was moved to the intensive care unit for emergency treatment at the hospital, and the family waiting outside the ward suddenly burst into tears. Someone nearby approached Mr. Yu's family and asked, "Could you cry a little more quietly?" It turned out that the person was a member of the film crew shooting a short film in an unused operating room near the ICU.

Mr. Yu, overwhelmed with emotion, confronted the crew, saying, "Do we need permission to cry? How exactly did we disturb you?" Amid the commotion, hospital staff also arrived and reportedly said, "If the filming is disrupted, the crew might sue the hospital." Ultimately, Mr. Yu's mother passed away that night, but it was reported that the crew did not apologize.

Mr. Yu recorded the incident in a short video and later posted it on his social media. This immediately sparked outrage among local netizens. While the crew's request to lower the volume of crying from a grieving family was problematic, public anger intensified as claims emerged that a representative from the film company repeatedly pressured Mr. Yu to delete the video. Additionally, the hospital faced heavy criticism for failing to stop the crew in the first place.

In response to the controversy, the crew reportedly met with Mr. Yu to apologize. During the meeting, the crew explained, "We did not realize Mr. Yu was an actual family member of the patient," but netizens reacted coldly, calling it "nonsense to film inside a hospital." Mr. Yu stated, "The misunderstanding has been cleared up," but is still demanding a public apology from the film company. The regional health committee overseeing the hospital also announced, "We will urge the hospital to issue an apology."

Similar issues of film crew misconduct during shoots have also been raised domestically. In July last year, a citizen visiting Incheon Airport claimed that staff from the Netflix series Squid Game 2 blocked passage without any explanation or consent. The citizen said, "When I tried to use the escalator, a staff member who appeared over 180 cm tall and large-bodied blocked people and arrogantly and unpleasantly ordered them to go elsewhere." The production company later stated, "We made every effort to provide detailed information about the filming situation to citizens during the shoot, but we apologize for any inconvenience caused."