Aftershock Page #2

Synopsis: In Tangshan, the truck driver Da Qiang, his wife Yuan Ni and their twins Fang Da, their son, and Fang Deng, their daughter, are a happy simple family. On 27 July 1976, a devastating earthquake destroys Tangshan, and Da Qiang dies while trying to rescue his children from their apartment. When a collapsed beam traps Fang Da and Fang Deng, Yuan Ni is forced to decide between saving her son or daughter and she chooses Fang Da. However, her daughter Fang Deng overhears her mother's choice and miraculously survives. She is rescued by a soldier and adopted by Mr. Wang and his wife with the name Wang Deng. Thirty-two years later, after an earthquake in China, Wang Deng, now married to a Canadian lawyer and living in Vancouver with her daughter, travels to China and voluntarily joins the rescue team. By chance she meets Fang Da and she learns the drama of Yuan Ni through all those years. The family is finally reunited at Yuan Ni's home, where bitterness is exposed and resolved.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Xiaogang Feng
Production: China Film Group
  20 wins & 26 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
NOT RATED
Year:
2010
135 min
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Get going.

If you don't hurry it'll be too late.

Hurry up.

Hey kid, Where's your family?

Where are your parents?

Any family members left?

Don't worry.

I'll take you home.

That one.

The girl whose head is lowered.

She's not too old?

Five or six.

She remembers everything.

She's the prettiest.

She can be an actress when she grows up.

She's pretty.

I'm afraid she'll be hard to bring up.

I've asked her many times,

But she can't remember anything.

It shouldn't be hard to develop

a relationship with her.

It's just that. . .

These children have been through so much.

It will take some time.

Are you sure she's an orphan?

Her photo was posted in the

emergency rescue office...

For such a long time.

No relative contacted her.

Without anyone having contacted her,

she should be an orphan.

Of course one can't say for sure.

I don't want to end up losing her.

I understand.

You can think it over.

Whenever you have a chance,

you can come and see her.

Please hurry with the paperwork.

Fine.

Please do what you can.

You are doing a good thing.

She doesn't have any problems, does she?

We haven't found any problems.

But. . .

She doesn't like to speak.

I think she's just fine.

Salute!

Learn from the heroes of the earthquake rescue.

Honor the soldiers of the earthquake rescue.

Ya Ya,

What do you think?

Our army is like a large revolutionary family.

Everyone will become like family to you.

You're always carrying her. Let me carry her.

Don't worry. I'm not tired.

That's not it.

I want to carry her.

Ya Ya,

Go to mommy.

I'll take her.

I've got her.

Look. . .

We live in the apartment up there.

We're home.

Ya Ya,

This is where mom and dad live.

Don't be afraid.

We don't have earthquakes here.

Ya Ya,

Look. . .

This is your room.

We got this room ready just for you.

Do you like it?

Come here.

Later,

We'll take a shower,

Change into clean clothes.

She just got here. It's all new to her.

Don't worry.

The whole way here...

She didn't say a single word.

Could she be mute?

Don't make things up.

If a stray cat or dog

couldn't eat anything for two days. . .

What can you expect of a child who nearly died?

Look. . .

Isn't she listening to us?

Mom...

Sister...

Why'd you come here?

Mom.

Fang Da,

Say hi to your grandma and aunt.

Hi grandma. Hi aunt.

You were waiting a long time.

Hard to find.

No one knew where to find you.

Let's go inside.

Yuan Ni. . .

Let us take Fang Da back with us.

His last name is Fang. He's my grandson.

We should take care of him.

You're still young.

I've thought about it.

You can move on with your life.

Mom...

You can't just kick me

out of the family like this.

Fang Da is so pitiful.

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