Sunflower (2005)
"Xiang ri kui" (original title)

Director:

Yang Zhang

Writers:

Shangjun Cai, Xin Huo,

Stars:

Joan Chen, Zhang Fan, Ge Gao

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Joan Chen	...	Zhang Xiuqing
Zhang Fan	...	Zhang Xiangyang - 9 years old
Ge Gao	...	Zhang Xiangyang - 19 years old
Wang Haidi	...	Zhang Xiangyang - 30 years old
Bin Li	...	Xiao Ji Shi
Jing Liang	...	Xiangyang's wife
Zifeng Liu	...	Old Liu
Haiying Sun	...	Zhang Gengnian
Hong Yihao

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

beijing china | video camera | outdoor movie | urination | stubbornness | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong China Netherlands

Language:

Mandarin English

Release Date:

17 August 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sunflower

Filming Locations:

Beijing, China

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$4,195 (USA) (17 August 2007)

Gross:

$23,307 (USA) (14 September 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

China Film Group, Fortissimo Films, Ming Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min 129 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Xiangyang's paintings at the exhibition were done by the contemporary Chinese artist, Zhang Xiaogang.

User Reviews

A Story About Father And Son

To every son,father plays an important role in his life. To every father,son is his hope and imagine. When the father lost his own dream of drawing,he placed the unfinished dream to his son,with the faith that it's good for the son.However,the son didn't understand the father's doing.He was prevented from playing with his young fellow,and since then,it's hard to drop the hateness to the force from his father.

The huge changes of the China society is clearly expressed throughout the movie.Every Chinese family was developing contemporarily.The father and the son were growing up as well.But the relationship between the father and his son,is still complicated.The love is always companioned with pain.Maybe everybody has a similar experience with this.

It is said that the inspiration of the movie at first come from a letter from the director's father.The letter used to make the director and all the crew cry.Watching the movie,I could appreciate the sincere heart of the director,especially during the portray of the childhood.

The movie was both opened and ended with sunflowers,which,I think ,may mean the forever beautiful bless from the father to his son,his blood-linked imagine.The feeling of watching the movie,is just like that of browsing old pictures in a family album. Those memories are sweet as well as sad.When everybody understand each other,the parents' hair has become white,and the old architecture has been broken up.