The Sun Also Rises (Chinese) 2007

January 22, 2008 · Posted in Chinese Movies, Drama

The Sun Also Rises (2007)

Also Known As……..: Tai yang zhao chang sheng qi
Year……………..: 2007
Directed………….: Wen Jiang
Genre…………….: Drama
Runtime…………..: 01:56:12
Country…………..: China
Language………….: Mandarin / Russian
Subtitles…………: Ch/En
IMDB……………..: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0769507/
Cast……………..: Jaycee Chan, Joan Chen, Jian Cui,
Wen Jiang, Wei Kong, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Yun Zhou

Synopsis:
Loosely inspired by author Ye Mi’s novel
Velvet, Chinese New Wave director Jiang Wen’s follow-up to Devils
on the Doorstep drifts between Yunnan’s Shangri-la and the Gobi
Desert to follow four narratives exploring the roles that culture
and revolution have played in Chinese history. In the first tale,
a deranged young widow (Zhou Yun) slips on a pair of colorful
shoes that have been embroidered to resemble fish, and abandons
her only son (Jaycee Chan) to disappear into a nearby river.
Set on a university campus during the Cultural Revolution,
the second episode details the tragic relationship between
professors Liang (Anthony Wong), Tang (Jiang Wen), and
attractive doctor Lin (Joan Chen) that eventually leads the
village where the mad widow resides. After exploring the magical
texture of velvet in the third tale, Wen connects each of the
stories by traveling back in time to the Gobi Desert.