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Aftershock [C-Movie]


Synopsis:
During the tragic Tangshan earthquake in 1976, Li Yuanni (Fan Xu) finds her twins, daughter Fang Deng and son Da Feng, buried under a giant slab of concrete. Rescue workers inform Li Yuanni that she has to chose between the twins, because as soon as one child is extracted the other will perish. Terrified Li Yuanni, who already lost her husband in the earthquake, finally choose her son Da Feng.

Unknown to those at the chaotic scene, daughter Fang Deng overhears her mother making the choice and then is left mistakenly for dead. Several days later, Fang Deng is pulled from the rubble by another rescue team who thinks she is a dead corpse at first. Traumatized to the point that Fang Deng refuses to speak she is eventually adopted by a middle aged couple.

Years later, the mother Li Yuanni is still haunted by her decision and refuses to leave her home when her now successful businessman son returns to Tangshan. Li Yuanni believes she must stay in the home to guide the spirits of her husband and daughter back home. Meanwhile Fang Deng grows up as Wang Deng (Jingchu Zhang), but still harbors anger and bitterness at her mother's decisions.

Now in 2008, another devastating earthquake strikes the city of Sichuan. Fang Deng travels to the devastated city as a volunteer. There she overhears another volunteer tell the story of his mother's anguish over a decision made during the 1976 Tangshan earthquake involving himself and his twin sister ...

Cast:
Jingchu Zhang - Fang Deng/Wang Deng
Fan Xu - Li Yuanni
Chen Li - Da Feng
Daoming Chen - foster dad
Jin Chen - foster mom
Guoqiang Zhang - father
Zifeng Zhang - Fang Deng (young)
Yi Lu
Ziwen Wang
Mei Yong
Lili Liu
Lixin Yang
Zhong Lu

Movie: Aftershocks / After Shock
Chinese: 唐山大地震 (Tang Shan Da Di Zhen)
Director: Xiaogang Feng
Writer: Xiaowe Su
Cinematographer: Yue Lu
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Runtime: 139 min.
Language: Mandarin
Country: China

Movie: http://www.wupload.com/file/115626718
Subtitle: English hardsubbed

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