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Feng Xiaogang defends his tearjerker

Feng Xiaogang answers charges concerning the quality and morality of Aftershock.

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Aftershock, filmed like The Banquet or The Day After Tomorrow? Decide!

Today is the opening of Feng Xiaogang’s Aftershock (唐山大地震), a tear-jerker of a movie, with the promoters are hinting that there won’t be a dry eye in the audience.

Based on the big earthquake of Tangshan in 1976, Feng’s wife Xu Fan plays a mother who has to choose which of her offsprings will live. The film is also the first i-max movie made out of the United States, and predicted to be a top box office smash.

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