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WomenMoveMe · 01-22-2012, 06:15 PM

Wow...this movie made me all weepy about 20 different times. It is a Chinese film made in 2010. It tells the story of how a family was torn apart and rebuilt after death, loss, decision, and fate, in the aftermath of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake in which 240,000 lost their lives.

It more or less begins when a mother, who has already lost her husband to the earthquake, must decide which of her children is to live. The two children are trapped under a concrete slab at opposite ends. Moving the slab to save one, will crush the other. Both children are alive and can hear the rescuers pressuring the mother to make the decision. She must make the decision quickly or lose them both. The mother is anguished as she whispers, save my son. The daughter hears the mother make this decision and her silent tears were to cause the first of my many crying jags throughout this movie.

The daughter is taken from the rubble and laid beside her dead father. The mother and the son head off to rescue camps. It begins to rain heavily and the rain awakens the daughter, who obviously was not as dead as they thought.

I will not tell you more as I hope some of you will actually give this movie a look.

I loved loved loved this movie!!!

01-22-2012, 06:15 PM	#5
WomenMoveMe Member How Do You Identify?: I just wander about and be! Relationship Status: Caution: Dead End Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 561 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,473 Thanked 2,100 Times in 417 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Aftershock Wow...this movie made me all weepy about 20 different times. It is a Chinese film made in 2010. It tells the story of how a family was torn apart and rebuilt after death, loss, decision, and fate, in the aftermath of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake in which 240,000 lost their lives. It more or less begins when a mother, who has already lost her husband to the earthquake, must decide which of her children is to live. The two children are trapped under a concrete slab at opposite ends. Moving the slab to save one, will crush the other. Both children are alive and can hear the rescuers pressuring the mother to make the decision. She must make the decision quickly or lose them both. The mother is anguished as she whispers, save my son. The daughter hears the mother make this decision and her silent tears were to cause the first of my many crying jags throughout this movie. The daughter is taken from the rubble and laid beside her dead father. The mother and the son head off to rescue camps. It begins to rain heavily and the rain awakens the daughter, who obviously was not as dead as they thought. I will not tell you more as I hope some of you will actually give this movie a look. I loved loved loved this movie!!!