Aftershock starring jingchu zhang directed by xiaogang. When she returns as a volunteer in the sichuan earthquake 32 years later, she withnesses the sufferings of the people during a natural disaster and it finally helps her to overcome her own trauma and reunite with her family. The heroine of the novella, fang deng, has to overcome her suicidal. With pulsating special effects from weta workshop aftershock is the blockbuster tale of two of most powerful earthquakes to ever hit china. On what was otherwise a still calm day in 1976 in tangshan china the countryside was ripped apart by a devastating. Jul 28, 2010 the novel emphasizes the description of how the daughter, fang deng, undergoes a series of postearthquake disasters. Feng xiaogangs aftershock, a huge hit in china, traces 30 fraught years in. Now in 2008, another devastating earthquake strikes the city of sichuan. I just sat there mesmerized, wanting to see what happened next, what would happen to fang deng, fang da and everyone else.
However, her daughter fang deng overhears her mothers choice and miraculously survives. The father, fang daqiang, was crushed dead while trying to rescue his twin children, fang deng and fang da, who were trapped in the house. Fang turned his head and gave me one of his classic half smiles you know, like the kind of smile mona lisa would have had if she were a guy. The climax of aftershock arrives, as fang da brings fang deng back to tangshan, to their mother. Eventually, after the death of her adoptive mother, she abandons her adoptive father and returns with a daughter named diandian after four years aftershock. The father, fang daqiang zhang guoqiang, was crushed dead while trying to rescue his children, fang deng and fang da, who were trapped in the house. Fang book 6 the maximum ride series by james patterson free.
Sixyearold twins were trapped under a large concrete slab. This tragic event in history is the starting point in director feng xiaogangs film aftershock. The film depicts the aftermath of the 1976 tangshan earthquake. Based on the chineselanguage novel of the same name, aftershock was released to tie in with the relief efforts following the sichuan earthquake in 2008. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Aftershocks tangshan dadizhen 2010 rotten tomatoes. People struggle to survive the tangshan earthquake in 1976. Aftershock has affected me profoundly and has completely changed the way i look upon the government, the economy, and the future. We use cookies to make interactions with our website easy and meaningful, to better understand the use of our services, and to tailor advertising. Thirtytwo 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.
Fang book 6 the maximum ride series being a kid with wingsconstantly on the runhas never been easy, and max and her flock are getting tenser than ever. Written by the authors who accurately predicted the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, this book serves as both a warning and a game plan for investors looking to. She chooses her son, fang dan chen li, unaware that her daughter fang deng jingchu zhang has in fact also survived the ordeal. Set against the 1976 tangshan earthquake, which killed more than 240,000 people, xiaogang fengs emotionally vibrant epic takes as its crux an overpowering dilemma. On what was otherwise a still, calm day in 1976 in. It looks like we dont have any biography for fang deng yet be the first to contribute. Fang deng only 7 in 1976 but knows enough to know that her mother prefers and favors her twin brother who is born only 5 minutes after her. In 2008, fang deng sees the earthquake in sichuan on television. Hers is a case history punctuated by her mothers abandonment, sexual molestation by her. Join facebook to connect with fang deng and others you may know. Fast delivery with free 30 day returns across australia. This is the page for our melanie and andi mostly horror and paranormal based book blog.
Unable to save both kids, the mother, li yuanni, is forced to sacrifice fang deng for her feeble younger brother fang da, a decision that proved. Aftershock is a 2010 chinese disaster drama film directed by feng xiaogang and produced by huayi brothers, starring zhang zifeng, xu fan, zhang jingchu, chen daoming, lu yi, zhang guoqiang and li chen. Now, her mother, li yuanni, has to make a decision. Aftershock 2010 bluray english subtitled hong kong. Wiedemer wrote the landmark book that predicted the current downturn in the economy in 2006, americas bubble economy, publis. Based on the novel aftershock by zhang ling, the film follows a family who fell victims in the tangshan earthquake. The story details white fangs journey to domestication in yukon territory and the northwest territories during the 1890s klondike gold rush. So, aftershock tells the story of a mother, yuan ni, and her daughter and son, fang zeng and fang da, and how their lives are forever changed by a historic early morning earthquake in 1976. Fang deng wakes some time later on a cart next to her dead father. The heroine of the novella, fang deng, has to overcome her suicidal thoughts and selfloathing, growing up with the knowledge that, when faced with the horrible choice of saving one child over the other, her mother favored her twin brother, fang da. Her two children are both buried underneath a thick cement slab, and saving either one of them will put the others life at risk.
Feng xiaogangs aftershock, a huge hit in china, traces 30 fraught years in the life of a mother, beginning with a natural disaster in 1976 and ending with another one in 2008. Apr 21, 2011 the young fang deng with her adoptive parents aftershock was the biggest box office success in modern chinese cinema when it was released in june 2010. Zhang zifeng born 27 august 2001, also known as wendy zhang, is a chinese actress currently attending a high school in beijing. Pattersons quickpaced tale of adventure, betrayal, and redemption is full of vibrant and memorable characters. Come on, theres a little girl in there, waking up in the rain, surrounded by dead bodies.
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. It was released in china on 22 july 2010, and is the first big commercial film imax film created outside the united states. Jul 11, 2010 aftershock tang shan da di zhen tragedy in some ways, aftershocks as a big budgeted epic sort of plays out like feng xiaogangs assembly, with the money shots concentrated in the first few minutes, followed by a masterful treatment of human drama against an historical backdrop of events in china. Oct 18, 2010 the disaster kills more than 240,000 residents, including fang dengs father.
Aftershock is a 2010 chinese disasterdrama film directed by feng xiaogang and produced by. Toward middlewarebased application migration, proceedings of the 32nd ieee international computer software and applications conference, seattle, usa, july 2009. It is very specific in its predictions and shows a brutal future for the economic wealth of not only the us but the world starting in the next 3 years and lasting for 20 years longer. Zifeng zhang fang deng is the face that speaks volumes of how countless people were permanently traumatized by the disaster. There were several stories that left me with questions at the end that im dying to get answers for but the author leaves it up to the reader to come to those conclusions. She immediately volunteers to join the rescuers and returns to china. The film then follows the divergent lives of the two siblings from this point until their eventual reunion in the sichuan earthquake of 2008. She is widely considered one of the best young actors in china today. It begins casually enough, with the father driving a factory truck, with the two kids riding beside him on their way home. Tradition, culture and custom will unfortunately make this a nobrainer when push comes to shove, coupled with the fact that the death of her husband in rescuing her, and her role as the dutiful wife to ensure the. Wiedemer is president of aftershock publishing and a managing director with ark financial management, a money management firm. Its not a complex book although it is based on complex analysis 330.
Meanwhile fang deng grows up as wang deng jingchu zhang, but still harbors anger and bitterness at her mothers decisions. Aftershock is a clumsy grabbag of postapocalyptic action cliches and offbeat touches. Jul 10, 2019 sixyearold twins were trapped under a large concrete slab. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the biography submission guide. A teenage guy with longish scruffy hair, dark eyes, and a leather jacket. Aftershock tangshan dadizhen china, 2010 uc berkeley. He is also portfolio manager for ark strategic investments, a hedge fund. Catch aftershock and many other chinese films for free at shang cineplex, shang rila plaza mall via the spring film.
Secure your financial future before the next big bubble bursts. Claimed to be the greatest team in the history of the card film industry mu lei is born. Surviving neighbors, dismantling the blockage with their bare hands, explain to the distraught mother. First, on a trip to africa, they meet a mysterious billionaire whose intense scrutiny of the flock makes her fear the worst. What to do when the doctor gives you or someone you love a devastating diagnosis, scheduled for release on. Nothing special about this book one more mediocre episode in the life of the flock. After watching the movie trailer, i swore to myself that i would see it.
In the epilogue of her book that is the source for the film. I really disliked the whole premise behind the idea that fang and max need to be in different flocks that they dont belong together the reasoning was not convincing. She finally reunites with her family after 32 years apart. White fang is a novel by american author jack london 18761916 and the name of the books eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. In the movie, a good family takes care of the adopted fang deng. Aftershock is a 2010 chinese disasterdrama film directed by feng xiaogang and produced by huayi brothers, starring zhang zifeng, xu fan, zhang jingchu, chen daoming, lu yi, zhang guoqiang and li chen. Aftershock dvd johnson county library bibliocommons. Covid19 response we are still shipping but delivery times may be impacted. This is precisely why the novelist entitles her book aftershock, to draw attention to the. Director feng xiaogangs gaze graces the cover of several publications this. The father, fang daqiang, was crushed while trying to rescue his children, fang deng and fang da, who were trapped in the house. It was released in china on 22 july 2010, and is the first big commercial.
At the heart of the monstrous disaster a mother must make a heartbreaking decision to save only one of her two children but when the abandoned child fang deng jingchu zhang rush hour 3 miraculously survives she must find a way to rebuild her life alone far away from tangshan over the next 30 years tangshan and fang deng slowly recover from. At the time of its release in 2010, aftershock, was the highest grossing domestic film in china. Amc and china lion plan series beginning with aftershock. Aftershock provides a definitive look at the economic climate still ahead in 2015and beyondand details the steps you can take now to secure your financial future. Follows a family who became victims in the 1976 tangshan earthquake. The whole trip had been as exhilarating as one of fangs killer smiles. Jul 23, 20 after getting four lifethreatening health diagnoses, and being thrown for a loop with each, jessie gruman sat down and put everything she and 200 others have learned from their ordeals into a book. Yuan ni believes she must stay in the home to guide the spirits of her husband and daughter back home. As she enters her mothers home, right on the table below the portraits of herself and her dead father, is a plate full of persimmons. Based on the novel aftershock by zhang ling, the film follows a family who became victims in the tangshan earthquake. This book is twisted and sometimes gross, but i loved every minute. In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, which in reality killed over 200,000 people, yuans husband is dead, and her twin children, son fang da chen li and daughter fang deng jungchu zhang are trapped in the rubble of their apartment building. Fengs wife and muse of his early works, is happily married to truck driver fang daqiang.
Qianxiang wang, jin shao, fang deng, yonggang liu, min li, hong mei, jun han. The daughter, fang deng who is renamed wang deng feels abandoned by her birth mother and is so traumatized that she doesnt speak at. With pulsating special effects from weta workshop, aftershock is the blockbuster tale of two of most powerful earthquakes to ever hit china. I havent read the book or seen the movie, but i just read a. Aftershock selfrepresentation and selfreinvention in film. First serialized in outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The novel emphasizes the description of how the daughter, fang deng, undergoes a series of postearthquake disasters. Thirtytwo years later, after an earthquake in china, wang deng that is married with a canadian lawyer and lives in vancouver with her daughter, travels to china and. Unable to save both kids, the mother, li yuanni, is forced to sacrifice fang deng for her feeble younger brother fang da, a decision that proved agonizing for the entire family. How aftershock stacks up against other bearish books 335. Meanwhile, fang deng grows up as wang deng, but still, harbors anger and bitterness at her mothers decisions. The novel emphasizes the description of how the daughter, fang deng.
It was still some way behind avatar but nevertheless marked the rapid expansion of chinese exhibition in 2010 which saw more than four new cinema screens opening every day. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. 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. The process of witnessing other peoples suffering at the time of a natural disaster helps her to overcome her own trauma and forgive her mother. The mother is forced to live with the shame of her decision, fang da grows to be a physically and emotionally broken man, and fang deng studies medicine, starts a family on her own and leaves china for canada. Because citizens have stopped questioning their leaders.
Xu fan, zhang jingchu, li chen, zhang zifeng, zhang jiajun, lu yi. Nov 01, 2010 feng xiaogangs aftershock, a huge hit in china, traces 30 fraught years in the life of a mother, beginning with a natural disaster in 1976 and ending with another one in 2008. Miraculously, fang deng survived without her familys knowledge. Fang deng travels to the devastated city as a volunteer. Aftershock chinese drama shows an earthquakes longlasting. Meanwhile fang deng zhang jingchu, brilliant at school, studies medicine, gets pregnant, refuses to abort, becomes a single mother and. The minutes that the movie is in length doesnt feel that long, because you get so caught up in the movie. Unable to save both kids, the mother, li yuanni, is forced to sacrifice fang deng for her feeble younger brother fang da, a decision that proved agonizing for the entire. In the end, she also forgives her birth mother, restoring sanity to a world driven by pain and grief. Its not until 2008 that the story of the mother and the daughter she lost comes full circle in the wake of another earthquake in sichuan.
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