Sunflower (2007)
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- Synopsis
- The tumultuous relationship between a father returning home after years in a labor camp and the nine-year-old son who doesn't quite know what to make of this new man in his life lies at the heart of director Zhang Yang's heartfelt drama addressing ......
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- Starring
- Joan Chen, Sun Haiyung, Liu Zi Feng, Zhang Fan, Gao Ge
- Director(s)
- Zhang Yang
- Distributor(s)
- New Yorker
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 129 min.
Critic Reviews
Variety | Derek ElleyAdd Critic to Favorites
With a commanding performance by Sun Haiying as the unbending, ornery father, and a glammed-down Joan Chen remarkable as the boy's devoted mom, pic serves up solid dramatic values instead of being yet another panorama of social and political changes in China during the late 20th century.Read the full review
The New York Times | Jeannette CatsoulisAdd Critic to Favorites
Like Douglas Sirk without the throw pillows, Sunflower is a shamelessly old-fashioned melodrama performed with such sincerity that resistance is futile.Read the full review
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Don't Fear the Subs: 'Sunflower' Paints Picture of Chinese Familial Unrest
07/06/08 Moviefone Let's face it, family dramas are universal: one generation raising the next, the young resisting the old, conflict, tears, intense feelings, "you don't let me," "why don't you," and so forth. | Cinematical.com