Aftershock

2010 · directed by Feng Xiaogang

Rating
80/100
Hit
yes

Tangshan, 1976. Two seven-year-old twins are buried under the rubble of the deadliest earthquake of the 20th century. The rescue team explains to their mother that freeing either child will almost certainly result in the death of the other. Forced to make the most difficult decision of her life, she finally chooses to save her son. Though left behind as dead, the little girl miraculously survives, unbeknownst to her brother and mother.

Aftershock (2010), directed by Feng Xiaogang, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Xu Fan
  • Zhang Jingchu
  • Wang Ziwen
  • Chen Daoming
  • Jerry Lee
  • Chen Jin
  • Zhang Guoqiang
  • Zhang Zifeng
  • Zhang Jia-Jun
  • Lü Zhong

Crew

  • Lü Yue — Director of Photography
  • Su Xiaowei — Writer

More from Feng Xiaogang

  1. A World Without Thieves (2004) — 73/100
  2. Youth (2017) — 73/100
  3. The Dream Factory (1997) — 72/100
  4. Assembly (2007) — 71/100
  5. I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016) — 71/100
  6. If You Are the One (2008) — 68/100

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