Sunflower (2005)
2h 9m
Running Time
September 10, 2005Release Date
Sunflower (2005)
2h 9m
Running Time
September 10, 2005Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Joan Chen
Zhang Xiuqing
Gao Ge
Zhang Xiangyang as a 19 year old man
Wang Haidi
Zhang Xiangyang as a 30 year old man
Liang Jing
Han Jing, Xiaoyang's wife
Gao Ge
Zhang Xiangyang - 19 years old
Liu Zifeng
Lao Liu, Zhang Gengnian's best friend and fellow artist
Li Bin
Chicken Droppings as a 19 year old young man
Zhang Yang
Director / Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 10, 2005
Original Name向日葵
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 9m
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Wiki.
Sunflower (Chinese: 向日葵; pinyin: Xiàngrìkúi) is a 2005 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yang. Zhang's fourth film, Sunflower is a joint production of Ming Productions, the Beijing Film Studio (as part of the China Film Corporation's 4th Production Company) and the Hong Kong subsidiary of the Netherlands-based Fortissimo Films. It was distributed by Fortissimo Films and New Yorker Films (US theatrical distribution).
The film stars Sun Haiying and Joan Chen as a husband and wife, and the actors Zhang Fan, Gao Ge and Wang Haidi as their son over the course of 30 years.
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