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Sunflower(Movie, 2005)

Original title: "向日葵" (Chinese (Mandarin)/ZH)
2h 9min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love
SunflowerRating: 3.1/5 (with 66 votes)
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. ()
Movie poster of Sunflower

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About Sunflower

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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Trailer for Sunflower + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Sunflower 'Xiang Ri Kui' (2005) Trailer(Trailer, 2:17)

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Additional Information

Production country: People's Republic of China
Original language: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Spoken languages: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Translated into 7 languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/08/2005 (World premiere: 09/10/2005)
Cast: Joan Chen, Sun Haiying, Liu Zifeng, Zhang Fan
Director: Zhang Yang
Screenwriter: Zhang Yang, Cai Shangjun
Director of Photography: Lin Jong
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Xiang ri kui"

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Other movies with this title: Sunflower (IT/RU/FR/SU, 1970), Sunflower (JP, 2000), Sunflower (KR, 2006), Sunflower (2016), Sunflower (2021), Sunflower (2022), Sunflower (AU, 2023)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:193996, Added: 04/24/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024