Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Aftershock
A part of the Cine-East Film Series at the Asia Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University.
When:
September 27, 2011 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Aftershock
(Xiaogang Feng, 2010, 135 min, China, Mandarin with English subtitles, Color, 35mm)
-- Introduced by Prof. Eileen Cheng-yin Chow (AMES)!
-- Q&A to follow with assistant director Eric Le Yang, ' 11!
Acclaimed director Feng Xiaogang's Aftershock is an epic drama sweeping across three decades and two devastating earthquakes, 1976 in Tangshan and 2008 in Sichuan province. As dramatized in the novel by Chinese Canadian author Zhang Ling, the story shows the pain and resilience of a family decimated by loss, exploring themes of survival, family relationships, guilt and post-traumatic stress. Director Feng paints an emotional epic with potent strokes of truth, bringing to life a new model of disaster cinema that is intimate, choral and uniquely Chinese.
-- The highest-grossing domestic film in China's history!
-- China's entry for the 2010 foreign-language Oscar!
-- Best Film/Best Actor at the 2010 Asia Pacific Screen Awards!
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Related Event--Thu Sept 29, 4:30pm (Perkins Library, Gothic Reading Room): A conversation with actor Yang Lixin
East Asian Film Series: Cine-East Fall 2011
September 14 – November 30, 2011 with five films from China, Taiwan, Japan and S. Korea shown in their original languages, subtitled in English. This line-up includes special visits, presentations, introductions, and post-screening discussions. All screenings take place in the Griffith Film Theater (Bryan Center, West Campus) or the Richard White Lecture Hall (East Campus) and are FREE and open to the public.
Cine-East Fall 2011 is organized and sponsored by the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute and the Program in the Arts of the Moving Image, with support from the Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies.
Cost:
Free
Phone Number:
919-684-2604
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