The literal translation of the title of this movie is: Phoenix faces the sun.
This movie is similar to Xiao Hua (Little flower) made in the same year, and like the latter, it is also a symbol of personal liberalization. The topic is very common for Chinese movies in the early era of the Chinese reform.
Besides the actresses are not well known like Ms. Joan Chen in Xiao Hua, what differs the two movies is primarily that the latter is romance in war era, while this movie is what happened everyday in the early era of post-Cultural Revolutionary China, and hence, this movie is much more close to home.
This movie is similar to Xiao Hua (Little flower) made in the same year, and like the latter, it is also a symbol of personal liberalization. The topic is very common for Chinese movies in the early era of the Chinese reform.
Besides the actresses are not well known like Ms. Joan Chen in Xiao Hua, what differs the two movies is primarily that the latter is romance in war era, while this movie is what happened everyday in the early era of post-Cultural Revolutionary China, and hence, this movie is much more close to home.