Sandstrom English Movie
cast And Crew
Basic Info Release Date:September 4, 2009
Genre:Fact-Based Drama
Studio:Requisite Films and New Tang Dynasty Films
Detailed Info Website:http://www.SandstormMovie.com
Starring:Rong Tian as Hetian Ying, Lili Li as The Practitioner,
Angela Huang as The Young Policewoman
Screenplay By:Michael Mahonen
Directed By:Michael Mahonen
Produced By:Requisite Films
and NTD FilmsAwards:Winner of 29 film festival awards including 17 for
Reviews And Overviews
Drama or Film and 4 for Best Director.
Plot Outline:Trapped at home for twelve days in a massive sandstorm and running out of food and water, a Chinese policeman cares for his dying wife as they grieve for their daughter who is missing in the storm.
In this isolation the policeman is tormented by flashbacks of his participation in the vicious persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. The devastating realization of his crimes awakens his conscience and brings forth the light of hope.
He Tianying is a mid-level Chinese police officer. For 12 days and nights, he and his wife have been trapped in their home during a massive sandstorm covering a large area of China. His wife is running out of life-sustaining medicine, their young daughter is missing in the storm, electricity and phone communication have been cut off, and their food and water are running out. As He Tianying cares for his dying wife, in this isolation and confinement, his conscience starts to emerge. As a policeman, he has been involved in the vicious persecution of common Chinese citizens who follow the spiritual practice of Falun Gong. In a series of flashbacks, he painfully recalls one particular Falun Gong practitioner whom he had been attempting to force to renounce her beliefs. Under intense pressure from his supervisor, He Tianying is pushed to betray his conscience and persecute this innocent woman in order to protect his position. Refusing to submit, the woman is eventually tortured to death, as he watches on a surveillance monitor in the police station. This particular death severely shakes his soul. As He Tianying consumes the last of his food and water, he is visited in a dream by an apparition of his daughter who helps guide him toward deeper truths and hope.
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