The Sun Also Rises (2007)

09/20/2007Fantasy, Drama1h 56m
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A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Zhou Yun

    The Mother

  2. Cast 1

    Jiang Wen

    Tang

  3. Cast 1

    Joan Chen

    Dr. Lin

  4. Cast 1

    Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

    Teacher Liang

  5. Cast 1

    Jaycee Chan

    The Son

  6. Cast 1

    Wei Kong

    Tang's Wife

  7. Lei Chen

    Little Chen

  8. Wei Chen

    Old Wang

  9. Cast 1

    Cui Jian

    Tang's Friend in Beijing

I've grown to really love Jiang Wen's work. His films are highly creative, tongue-in-cheek, political, and steeped in Chinese culture. The Sun Also Rises, a polyptych of related events, is a departure from his usual political commentary. It begins with complete craziness and takes off from there. Even when I got to the end of the film, I wasn't sure what I had exactly seen. I thought the meaning was just too obscure for me or anyone else. After sleeping on it, though, the entire piece came together for me. This unique addition to Jiang's catalog is an avant-garde, Beat Generation-style poetic ...

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Original LanguageChinese 

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