Xiang ri kui

Aug 17 2007 N/A 2h 9m
Drama, Romance

Sunflower is the story of the Zhang family in Beijing father, mother and son across three decades, centering on the tensions and misunderstandings between father and son. Nine-year-old Xiangyang is having the time of his life, free of adult supervision until the day he meets the father he can hardly remember. Having spent years away, he returns with strong ideas about his son learning to draw. But Xiangyang chafes under his father's constant rules and soon stages his own revolution against the lessons enforced.

Plot

Relationship between father and son on a background of Maoist regime in China in the mid-20th century. The father, a painter by profession, interned in a labor camp for "re-education" and loses his ability to paint. he teaches his son to draw, but does so obsessively. The convoluted relationship between father and son that spread over the period of childhood, adolescence and maturity of the son are being resolved in a surprising and sensitive way.

Written by

Shangjun Cai, Xin Huo, Yang Zhang

Directed by

Yang Zhang

Cast

Joan Chen, Zhang Fan, Ge Gao

Crew

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Production Countries

China

Production Companies

China Film Group Corporation

Languages

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations

Trailers
Sunflower 'Xiang Ri Kui' (2005) TRAILER
Scores
# of Votes
732
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
64
Popularity
NA