Aftershock
Director: Feng Xiaogang
Starring: Jingchu Zhang, Daoming Chen, Chen Li
China, 2009, 2 hours 15 minutes, subtitles
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The biggest blockbuster of all time in China, this is the epic story of the emotional fallout from the 1976 Tangshan earthquake when 240,000 people lost their lives. The human cost of the disaster is shown through the story of a mother forced to choose between saving her son or her daughter, both of whom are trapped beneath the rubble. An absorbing, thought-provoking insight into the consequences of human catastrophe, the film traces the 30-year fallout of her decision. Very well made, if slightly cheesy (Feng Xiaogang is seen as China’s Steven Spielberg), this is an unadulterated glimpse of the tastes and values of Chinese society, unlike many of the Chinese films we see that are made with one eye on the Western market.
“ultimately Aftershock won best film because, in my own view, it has everything. It is as good a ‘big’ movie as any I’ve seen from Hollywood in years. It doesn’t disappoint at any level. . . It is incredibly moving and, at the same time, it is really an extraordinarily restrained film…and it ends beautifully.” Lord Puttnam
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| Theatr Mwldan | 2011-03-20 | 18:10:00 | Buy Tickets |
| Theatr Mwldan | 2011-03-21 | 20:40:00 | Buy Tickets |
| Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold | 2010-03-15 | 20:00:00 | |
| Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff | 2011-03-07 | 20:15:00 | Buy Tickets |
| Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff | 2011-03-09 | 14:30:00 | Buy Tickets |
