Peter Chan’s Directing Motto for Toronto Alzheimer’s Drama ‘The Road Not Taken’ Came From a Chengdu Dementia Care Home

Variety - Sep 17, 2026

While researching “The Road Not Taken,” his drama premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, celebrated filmmaker Peter Chan Ho-sun visited what he calls one of the finest Alzheimer’s care facilities in Chengdu, known for managing patients without their condition rapidly worsening. He came away with eight words he says shaped nearly every decision on the […]

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