Sunflower (2005 film)
Sunflower Chinese pinyin Xing r ki is a 2005 Chinese film directed by Zhang Yang. Zhangs fourth film, Sunflower is a joint production of Ming Productions, the Beijing Film Studio as part of the China Film Corporations 4th Production Company and the Hong Kong subsidiary of the Netherlandsbased Fortissimo Films. It was distributed by Fortissimo Films and New Yorker Films US theatrical distribution.
The film is split into three main segments spanning thirty years. The first segment, in 1976, begins with the return of an artist, Gengnian to his wife, Xiuqing and son after several years of reeducation during the Cultural Revolution. He returns however, with injured hands and can no longer continue as an artist. He instead hopes to cultivate artistic aspirations in his son, Xiangyang, who has taken to hurling stones at strangers with his friend Chicken Droppings. Though he eventually follows in his fathers footsteps, Xiangyang resents his fathers pressure and the two soon fall out.The next segments, in 1987 when Xiangyang is a 19yearold, and 1999, when he is in his 30s, continue to chart the course of Xiangyang and Gengnians tense relationship. It is a moving film depicting the tension between Xianyang and his parents and also the marital relationship between his parents. The sunflower returns throughout the movie as a theme. ........
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