Hi everyone, I bought this movie ages ago but just got around watching it today. This is a Chinese drama film directed by Feng Xiaogang and produced by Huayi Brothers. It spans the course of 30+ years, focusing on a family which was torn apart by the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, only to be patched together by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.(spoiler sort of sorry!)
The two earthquake scenes are really emotional, especially the first one as you watch the earthquake unfold and kill and injure so many people. Also when the mother needs to decided which child to save. I have watched a few disaster films, but none have been as emotional as this film. Many films also don't really focus on the aftermath of an event, they usually just focus on the disaster itself which really sets itself apart from the usual disaster films you see.
Though you may have noticed that it's a drama film, and that is true. The earthquakes are just a small part of what the film is about. I think it's sort of interesting watching a historic(??) Chinese film as I haven't seen many before. You get to see China change and develop while the characters develop and change too.
Overall I really enjoyed the film. I can't really say that there's anything wrong with it at all. It was definitely more dramatic than what I thought before I bought the film though.
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