Fresh
Perfect hokum for those who don't mind having their heart strings strummed like a banjo.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Feng Xiaogang Director
- Xu Fan as Li Yuan Ni
- Zhang Jingchu as Fang Deng
- Chen Daoming as Wang Deqing
- Jerry Lee as Fang Da
- Chen Jin as Dr Dong Guilan
- Zhang Guoqiang as Fang Da Qiang
- Zhang Zifeng as Fang Deng, child
- Zhang Jia-Jun as Fang Da, child
- Lü Zhong as Fang Da Qiang's mother
- Yong Mei as Fang Da Qiang's sister
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film may be a blunt instrument, but it's rarely maudlin -- the exception being the performance of Mr. Feng's wife, Fan Xu, as the long-suffering mother -- and is, on occasion, quite moving.
Mike Hale, New York Times
Fresh
[An] involving, well-acted saga of a family torn apart by a devastating earthquake...
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
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