Lin 's first film saw her perform as a student killed in a poorly-built school that collapsed during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake . In 2011 she played an unrequited lover in '' Beyond Destiny '' . The latter won the Golden Palm Award at the Mexico International Film Festival and the Award of Merit at the Indie Fest in California . In 2014 she played a news reporter from China Central Television in the satirical series '' Big Shorts '' . The same year she starred in '' Red Lotus '' , a Swedish production that is based on the persecution of Falun Gong . Her latest film , '' The Bleeding Edge '' , from the creators of the Peabody Award-winning film '' Human Harvest '' , is a thriller based on real-life events where she plays a Falun Gong practitioner . The film was released on April 11 , 2016
Sichuan earthquake .
2008 Sichuan earthquake
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