If you loved Aftershock, try Back to 1942

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Both films are directed by Feng Xiaogang, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Aftershock, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Back to 1942 is

You survive in Henan province. It's 1942. A terrible drought turns the land to dust, but the depredations of war prove even more brutal. Feng Xiaogang directs a film of immense scale, yet finds humanity amid catastrophe.

If you loved Aftershock, try Back to 1942

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