Product Information
Two natural disasters frame a story of a mother, her children and a painful decision that scars them forever in this grand-scale drama from China.Product Identifiers
ProducerWang Zhongjun, Han Sanping, Guo Yanhong
EAN5055002555640
eBay Product ID (ePID)102186265
Product Key Features
ActorLi Chen, Xu Fan, Jingchu Zhang, Chen Daoming
Film/TV TitleAftershock
DirectorFeng Xiaogang
LanguageMandarin
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time130 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2010
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureChina
ComposerWang Liguang
Additional InformationIn 1976, Li Yuanni (Xu Fan) is living in the city of Tangshan with her two children, seven year old twins Fang Da and Fang Deng. The family's life is simple but full of joy until a massive earthquake levels the city and leaves a swath of destruction in its wake. Amidst the wreckage, Li Yuanni discovers both Fang Da and Fang Deng are caught under a concrete slab, and if enough is broken to rescue one of the children, it would tip the balance and crush the other. Li Yuanni is asked which child should be saved, and she impulsively answers her son Fang Da. The boy is rescued, but the effort costs him his arm; meanwhile, the daughter Fang Deng is left for dead but miraculously survives, and is eventually adopted by another family without Li Yuanni's knowledge. The mother is forced to live with the shame of her decision, Fang Da grows to be a physically and emotionally broken man, and Fang Deng studies medicine, starts a family on her own and leaves China for Canada. It's not until 2008 that the story of the mother and the daughter she lost comes full circle in the wake of another earthquake in Sichuan.
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorXiao Yang
Movie/TV TitleAftershock
Director of PhotographyLu Yue
Consumer AdviceContains intense scenes of natural disaster